Study for Harpocrates (Silentio Deum Cole)

Giulio Bonasone

Artist, Bolognese, c. 1500/1510–after 1574

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.

Artwork overview

Medium

pen and brown ink with wash
Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Dimensions

Overall: 12 x 8.7 cm (4 3/4 x 3 7/16 in.)
support: 21 x 16.7 cm (8 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
Accession

1974.117.2

Provenance

Private collection (sale, Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1972, part of no. 23); purchased by Simeoni; NGA purchase in 1974.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

Italian Renaissance Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1988, no cat.

Inscriptions

upper center in circle: Monas Manet in Se (Only trust in yourself); across bottom in Greek: You will often regret speech but never silence

Wikidata ID

Q64572458