Bust of a Negro | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G2393
People: Giuseppe Longhi, Italian (1766 - 1831)
After Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish (Siegen, Westphalia 1577 - 1640 Antwerp, Belgium)
Title: Bust of a Negro
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1801
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/276733

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 42.4 x 31.5 cm (16 11/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
platemark: 28 x 20.2 cm (11 x 7 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: l.m. etched under imaged: Joseph Longhi sc. 1801

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Francis Calley, Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iii
Standard Reference Number: Andresen 36; LeBlanc 50

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G2393
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Tangible Things, The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Cambridge, 01/24/2011 - 05/29/2011

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G2393: Bust of a Negro