Two Male Nudes | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1898.140
People: Francesco Fontebasso, Italian (Venice, Italy 1709 - 1769 Venice, Italy)
Previously attributed to Raymond Lafage, French (Lisle-sur-Tarn 1656 - 1684 Lyon)
Title: Two Male Nudes
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 18th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298826

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Brown ink on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions: 19.7 × 28 cm (7 3/4 × 11 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Tucker of Exeter. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year: 1898
Object Number: 1898.140
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. 586, fig. 298

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