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Statue of Augustus Caesar (recto and verso)

A work made of pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk (recto) and pen and blue ink (verso), on ivory laid paper, with incising.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk (recto) and pen and blue ink (verso), on ivory laid paper, with incising.

Date:

n.d. (recto); Late 16th c. (verso)

Artist:

Unknown Italian
Late 16th century

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Unknown Roman

Title

Statue of Augustus Caesar (recto and verso)

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1580–1599

Medium

Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk (recto) and pen and blue ink (verso), on ivory laid paper, with incising

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, on former mount (according to Gurley Card Index): "Stefano della Bella"

Dimensions

11.7 × 4.9 cm (4 5/8 × 1 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.740

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