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Victory Writing on Shield
Gennaro Landi, Dates unknown, active late 18th century, Florence
1997-576
Information
Title
Victory Writing on Shield
Maker
Medium
Pen and brown ink over black chalk and graphite, red wash borders on beige paper, pricked for transfer; verso: red chalk on beige paper, pricked for transfer
Dimensions
29.3 × 18.7 cm. (11 9/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Emily Townsend Vermeule, honorary degree holder of the Class of 1989, and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III, in memory of Alphaeus Hyatt Mayor, Class of 1922, George Rodney Meneely, Class of 1933, and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule Jr., Class of 1917
Object Number
1997-576
Inscription
Inscribed verso, upper center, in ink: 110; lower right,
in graphite: Lugt suppl. /2099 /P; lower left, in graphite:
19-23=43
Culture
Type
Subject
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1997," in "A Window into Collecting American Folk Art: The Edward Duff Balken Collection at Princeton," special issue, Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 57, no. 1/2 (1998): p. 164-208., p. 177
- Laura Giles, Lia Markey, Claire Van Cleave, et. al., Italian Master Drawings from the Princeton University Art Museum, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2014)., p. 44, cat. no. 17; p. 45 (illus.); p. 46 (verso illus.); p. 257-258, app. no. 86 (illus.)
