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.
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Attributed by H.P. Kraus to Antonio Daniele Bertoli. Acquired as Antonio Daniele Bertoli.
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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".
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