Studies of Female Figures

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Drawing details

Title: Studies of Female Figures
Date: c.1872-73
Media: Silverpoint on paper
Dimensions: 12.3 x 7.2 cm
Location: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Picture credit: Courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
Reference number: 1946.35.1 verso
Inscriptions: Inscribed "Stefano [crossed out] / Giotto - Pal. Reale / [list of four illegible words] / J Polo / S Cassano / [list of three illegible words] / Spirito Santo / [list of two illegible words] / Moire[?] / F.M. Zobeung[?]" in silverpoint, in the artist

Interpretation

The inscriptions on this page include references to Palazzo Reale, a 17th century Baroque palace in Naples, Serra di Cassano, an 18th century palace in Naples, and the Church of Santo Spirito in Florence.

Description

Page from a sketchbook. Sketches of figures including children and mother with child. 

Provenance

Purchased by the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, from Geoffrey Steele (antiquarian bookseller, c.1907-2000) from his bookshop at RFD 1, Mahopac, New York, in 1946 for $6.00.