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Tommaso Piroli
approximately 1752-1824
Lampezia Reporting the Slaughter of the Oxen Consecrated to the Sun
Graphite on tracing paper.
sheet: 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (217 x 324 mm); design area: 6 5/8 x 11 5/16 inches (166 x 287 mm)
Gift of Mr. Charles Ryskamp.
1976.10
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Watermark: none.
Drawing after John Flaxman's design for "The Odyssey of Homer," probably for the Italian edition, Rome, 1793.
Inscription:
Inscribed below drawing, in graphite, "Lampezia visto lo scempio fatto dei compagni di Ulisse dei boui consacrati al Sole, tutta dolente ne port ad / Esso la nuova. Il medesimo sdegnato trattiene dal corso I destrieri per udire l'intiero racconto del sacrilego mis = / fatto"; numbered at upper left, in graphite, "16".
Provenance:
Charles Ryskamp, Princeton, NJ.
Associated names:
Flaxman, John, 1755-1826, Copy after.
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.
Homer. Odyssey.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 283.
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