Chinea Festival Design | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2006.332
People: Giuseppe Palazzi, Italian (1740 - 1810)
Title: Chinea Festival Design
Other Titles: Former Title: The first apparatus for the Festa della Chinea of 1780: a representation of Romulus's Temple of Mars
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 18th century
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/317944

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Brown ink and brown and gray wash over black chalk on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 54.8 x 41.6 cm (21 9/16 x 16 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Sold [through Christie's, New York, January 24, 2001, lot 79]. Jeffrey E. Horvitz, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz
Accession Year: 2006
Object Number: 2006.332
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Old Master Drawings, auct. cat., Christie's, New York (New York, NY, January 24, 2001), lot 79, repr.

Exhibition History

32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/26/2022 - 01/09/2023

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2006.332: Chinea Festival Design