Prospero Fontana
1512-1597
Hermocrates offering to the Gods
ca. 1555
4 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches (114 x 82 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink, by the artist.
1992.26
Gift of Prof. Dr. Julius S. Held in honor of Felice Stampfle.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "HERMOCRATES"; on verso, at upper center, "135".
Associated names
Held, Julius S. (Julius Samuel), 1905-2002, former owner.
Bibliography
Selected references: New York 2019, 54-55.
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Century Drawings
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