Orestes and the Erinyes (Furies) Artist: Luigi Sabatelli (Italian, 1772–1850)

1790s

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Pen and brown ink and graphite

Dimensions

sheet: 16 15/16 × 23 1/2 in. (43 × 59.7 cm)

Credit Line

Partial gift of Roberta J. M. Olson and Alexander B. V. Johnson and purchased with the Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund

Accession Number

2023.38.138

Culture

Italian

Period

18th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Frederick J. Cummings (1933–1990), Detroit, by 1980, to 1984. Private Collection, London, by 1998; W.M. Brady, New York, 1999; sold to Roberta J.M. Olson and Alexander Johnson, New York, March 15, 1999; partial gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2022
Bibliography
  • W. M. Brady & Co., New York, Old Master Drawings, sale cat. (1999), no. 22
  • Roberta J. M. Olson, "Italian Drawings," The Connoisseur CCIV (1980), 63, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Inscriptions

Inscribed lower left, in blue ink: Canova

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