Prospero Fontana

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Prospero Fontana
1512-1597
Hermocrates offering to the Gods
ca. 1555
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink, by the artist.
4 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches (114 x 82 mm)
Gift of Prof. Dr. Julius S. Held in honor of Felice Stampfle.
1992.26
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Watermark: none.

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Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "HERMOCRATES"; on verso, at upper center, "135".

Provenance: 
Julius Held, Old Bennington, Vermont.
Associated names: 

Held, Julius S. (Julius Samuel), 1905-2002, former owner.

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Selected references: New York 2019, 54-55.

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