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Lorenzo de'FerrariWW-1743-118524
1743·Brush and brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, on tan laid paper·90 × 69 cm (35 7/16 × 27 3/16 in.)
<p>This large sheet is the final study for Ferrari's ceiling decoration in the Galleria Dorata in Palazzo Carrega-Cataldi, in Genoa, which he completed in 1743-1744. The composition depicts a scene from Book I of Virgil's Aeneid, when the goddess Venus appreaches Jupited on Olympus to lament her son Aeneas's adversities.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1743
- Medium
- Brush and brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, on tan laid paper
- Dimensions
- 90 × 69 cm (35 7/16 × 27 3/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Lorenzo de'Ferrari
Artist
Lorenzo de'Ferrari
Drawing
Possibly Lorenzo de' Ferrari (Italian, 1680-1744)
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- Lorenzo de'Ferrari
- Year
- 1743
- Medium
- Brush and brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, on tan laid paper
- Dimensions
- 90 × 69 cm (35 7/16 × 27 3/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1743-118524
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified