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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1946.35.3
People
Frederic Leighton, British (Scarborough England 1830 - 1896 London England)
Title
Inscription with Sketch; verso: Figure Sketches
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/47200

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Metalpoint on prepared paper
Dimensions
12.3 x 7.2 cm (4 13/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, metalpoint, in artist's hand: [--] violet doves in [--] / Fontanalia--varro de Ling Lat / VI. 22 / [--] / lt. blue fig. --older tree / --many gry cols [--] old dull / with brown / C + P gr. gold - brown leaves light / against shal wall / white wall, [--] / pale fair flsh - blond - dark [--] / green + gold / [--] v. [--] undp. gry / v. gold brown. blots of crimson / and brwn. gd. --sky blu streaks

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Geoffrey Steele's Bookshop, Mahopac, NY, sold to Fogg, 1946.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
Accession Year
1946
Object Number
1946.35.3
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Inscriptions refer to: Marcus Terentius Varro's (116-27 B.C.) books on grammar known as "De Lingua Latina." Fontanalia is a festival held on October 13 in honor of Fontus, the Roman god of wells and springs (mentioned in "De Lingua Latina," VI, 22), when wells and fountains were decorated with garlands and flowers.

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