Allegory of Fortitude

Francesco Rosaspina

Artist, Italian, 1762 - 1841

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray and brown wash, heightend with white gouache, over black chalk

  • Credit Line

    Julius S. Held Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.1.49


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. 131.

1984

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., January 1984.

2014

  • From Neoclassicism to Futurism: Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800- 1925, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015.

Inscriptions

later hand center verso in graphite: Rosapina

Wikidata ID

Q64562423


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