Mars and Venus Artist: Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823)

1780s

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Pen and brown ink and brown-gray wash with heightening in lead white

Dimensions

sheet: 21 1/16 × 15 9/16 in. (53.5 × 39.5 cm)
support: 21 7/16 × 16 7/8 in. (54.5 × 42.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Roberta J. M. Olson and Alexander B. V. Johnson

Accession Number

2023.77.9

Culture

Italian

Period

18th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Sale, Auktionsverket, Stockholm, June 13, 2012, lot 1891 (as Italian School); sold to Roberta J.M. Olson and Alexander Johnson, New York, 2012; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2022
Bibliography
  • Stockholms Auktionsverket, Stockholm, Fine Art & Antiques 12-14 June 2012, sale cat. (jun-14-2012), 339
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Inscriptions

verso, in graphite: Fce Giani\r\nverso of secondary support, in graphite: Hamilton 356\r\nverso of secondary support, in graphite: Gr---Hamilton / Danica t------ [?]

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