Homer and Calliope
c. 1786
Artist, Italian, 1734 - 1822

Artwork overview
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Medium
black chalk with brown and gray wash and white andpink heightening, squared in graphite, on brown p aper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 32.6 x 24.4 cm (12 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
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Accession
1985.1.27
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Julius S. Held [1905-2002], by 1970; gift 1985 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1970
Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 116.
Inscriptions
probably by artist across bottom in brown ink: Omero in atto di cantare la sua Iliade, presente Calliope-; later hand center verso in graphite: Tommaso Conca / study for / fresco in Rome; eRv//in graphite: R 18 x 22; lLv//in graphite: 6-May / [?]
Wikidata ID
Q64633336