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Et in Arcadio Ego

Francesco Fontebasso
1707-1769

Et in Arcadio Ego

6 1/16 x 8 inches (153 x 203 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over red and black chalk, on laid paper with decorative perimeter mount.
1987.66

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, by the "Reliable Venetian Hand" in pen and brown ink, "Francesco Fontebasso Venezo"; numbered, upper left corner, "76"; inscribed on the verso: "1814 P43 N 110; No 1; 339(?)"; and initialled, "B(?)D L(?) (illegible)".
Associated names
Crozat, M. (Pierre), 1661-1740, former owner.
Esdaile, William, 1758-1837, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Muraro, Michelangelo. Venetian Drawings from the Collection Janos Scholz. Venice : N. Pozza, 1957, no. 85, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department