Standing Female Nude Leaning on a Pedestal; verso: Sleeping Soldier (counterproof) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1979.187
People: Salvator Rosa, Italian (Arenella, Naples 1615 - 1673 Rome)
Title: Standing Female Nude Leaning on a Pedestal; verso: Sleeping Soldier (counterproof)
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1662
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Emilia, Bologna
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/295741

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on verso of counterproof
Technique: Counterproof
Dimensions: actual: 15.6 x 10.9 cm (6 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year: 1979
Object Number: 1979.187
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Lisa Hall, "Counterproofs: An Investigation into the History, Materials, Techniques, and Uses of Red Chalk Counterproofs with an Examination of Other Methods of Copying" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, August 1990), Unpublished, pp. 1-62 passim
James Harper, Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2001), cat. no. 14A, repr. (verso), p. 17

Exhibition History

Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/19/2001 - 08/12/2001

Verification Level

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