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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.300
People
Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, Italian (Palmanova 1762 - 1844 Milan)
Title
Ugolino and His Sons; verso: Sketch of a Male Figure
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/101783

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, gray wash, traces of white chalk over black chalk on gray wove paper, with framing lines in graphite; verso: black chalk
Dimensions
18.5 x 25.3 cm (7 5/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, red ink: G inside a square (Heinz Grunert, Germany (d. 1997), not in Lugt)
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: Bernardino Bison / .1762 _ Palmanova / + 1844 - Mailand

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Heinz Grunert, Germany (d. 1997)
Alexander B.V. Johnson and Roberta J.M. Olson, New York, NY, Gift to HUAM, 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Roberta J. M. Olson and Alexander B. V. Johnson
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.300
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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