Sleeping Nymph Surprised by a Satyr

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1932.228
People: Pier Francesco Mola, Italian (Coldreio, Switzerland 1612 - 1666 Rome, Italy)
Title: Sleeping Nymph Surprised by a Satyr
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 17th century
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298721

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Brown ink on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions: 24 x 17.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Charles A. Loeser, Florence, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser
Accession Year: 1932
Object Number: 1932.228
Division: European and American Art
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Publication History

Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 285, fig. 138
Giulio Bora and M. Cristina Rodeschini Galati, I disegni della collezione Morelli, Credito Bergamasco (Bergamo, Italy, 1988), cat. no. 9, p. 256, repr. fig. 9
Edward Saywell, "Guide to Drawing Terms and Techniques", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), vol. VI, no. 2, pp. 30-39, p. 33 under "Iron-gall ink"
Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 120 ("Cartella con due stelle rosse")

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