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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.42
People
Angelica Kauffmann, Swiss (Chur, Switzerland 1741 - 1807 Rome, Italy)
Title
Coriolanus Leaving his Family
Other Titles
Alternate Title: La partenza di Corolano
Alternate Title: Coriolan quitte sa famille
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1785
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/360779

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, gray wash, and white gouache over black chalk on gray laid paper
Dimensions
26 × 30.5 cm (10 1/4 × 12 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, brown ink: Ang. Kaufmann fect.
  • inscription: lower center, brown ink: la partenza di corolano
  • inscription: verso, lower right, brown ink: Angelica Kauffman

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles Eggimann (1863-1948), Paris and Geneva, sold [through his sale, February 26, 1925, lot 110]. Hugo von Ziegler (1890-1966), Schaffhausen, by descent; to his children, 1966, sold [through Hôtel Drouot, Paris, commissaire-priseur Christophe Joron-Derem, December 13, 2017, lot 64]; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund, and through the generosity of Julie and David M. Tobey
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.42
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ventes aux enchères publiques: Collection von Ziegler-Schindler: Dessins anciens, auct. cat., Hôtel Drouot (Paris, December 13, 2017), pp. 66-67, repr.

Verification Level

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