Achilles Swears an Oath to Avenge the Dead Patroclus, Killed by Hector Artist: Bartolomeo Pinelli (Italian, 1781–1835)

1808

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Pen and black ink with brown and gray washes over graphite

Dimensions

16 1/4 × 21 1/2 in. (41.3 × 54.6 cm)
framed: 25 1/2 × 30 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (64.8 × 77.5 × 3.2 cm)

Credit Line

Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund

Accession Number

1999.24.1

Geography

Made in Italy

Culture

Italian

Period

19th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Hans Freiherr von und zu Aufsess (1801-1872), Aufsess (Bavaria) and Nuremberg (Lugt 2479); Private collection, New York.
Bibliography
  • Lisa Hodermarsky, Suzanne Boorsch, and John J. Marciari, Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2006), 14, 221–22, no. 75, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Marks

Collector's stamp, verso: Lugt 2749, Hans von und zu Aufsess

Inscriptions

Verso, in ink in artist's hand: Pinelli Invento e fece Roma 1808 / abita No.90. vicino il Caffe degli / Inglesi Piazza di Spagna; LR: D337/ Achille giura di vendicare il corpo di patroclo, ucciso da Ettore

Signed

Signed and dated, verso: Pinelli Invento e fece Roma 1808 / abita No. 90 vicino il Caffe degli / Inglesi Piazza di Spagna. Also inscribed , verso, LR: D 337 / Achille giura di vendicare il corpo di patroclo, ucciso da Ettore

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