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Minerva and Urania Before a Statue of Augustus, in a Library

Bertoli, Antonio Daniele
1678-1743

Minerva and Urania Before a Statue of Augustus, in a Library

11 x 7 1/2 inches (278 x 190 mm)
Graphite, point of brush and gray wash, on tan paper. Ruled border in pen and black ink. Hinged to old mount.
1961.57

Gift of H.P. Kraus.

Notes
Attributed by H.P. Kraus to Antonio Daniele Bertoli. Acquired as Antonio Daniele Bertoli.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower center beneath ruled border in pen and black ink, "Bertoli / invenit et / delin."; beneath ruled border, "Huc, ubi pra'claris Augusta' cura Minerva' / Artibus augmentum, subsidiumque dedit, / Pervigil Uranie studii monumena recentis, / Caesaris ad statuam depositura, tulit."; on old mount at lower left in graphite, "Vgl : Kupferstiche : Sedlmayr", at lower center, "[arrow surmounting circle] / Kaiser Karl VI / Anton Daniel Bertoli / +1745, in Wien / (nach J. J. Sedlmayr)"; on fragment of old mount in graphite, "1690. Bertoli Antoine". Stamped on fragment of old mount, "32".
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department