1998.180: Two Studies for "Transport of a Marble Block in the Carrara Hills"; verso: View of the Roman Forum

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1998.180

People

Friedrich Nerly, German (Erfurt 1807 - 1878 Venice)

Title

Two Studies for "Transport of a Marble Block in the Carrara Hills"; verso: View of the Roman Forum

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Study for Transport eines Marmroblockes mit einen Buffelgespann/Studies for the Transport of a Block of Marble with a Team of Oxen; verso: View of the Roman Forum

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1829

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/193676

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

42.6 x 26.3 cm (16 3/4 x 10 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.r.: FN f-; Roma 1829
• inscription: recto, r. ctr., graphite, handwritten, Latin, in artist's hand: [signature:] FN. f- [=Friedrich Nerly fecit]
• inscription: recto, t.r., graphite, German, in artist's hand: zu [illegible] bild. Roma 1829
• inscription: verso, l. ctr., graphite, German, in artist's hand: Constantins und Titus Bog(e)ns
• inscription: verso, l.r., graphite, Latin, in artist's hand: Forum Romanum
• inscription: verso, l.r., graphite, German, in artist's hand: Farnesische Garten [=Farnese Gardens (the Orti Farnesiani on the Palatine Hill)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Roberta J.M. and Alexander B.V. Johnson Olson, New York, NY, Gift to HUAM, 1998.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Roberta J. M. Olson and Alexander B. V. Johnson

Accession Year

1998

Object Number

1998.180

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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