Homer and Calliope, c. 1786

Not on View

Medium

black chalk with brown and gray wash and white andpink heightening, squared in graphite, on brown p aper

Dimensions

overall: 32.6 x 24.4 cm (12 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Julius S. Held Collection

Accession Number

1985.1.27

Artists / Makers

Tommaso Conca (artist) Italian, 1734 - 1822

Image Use

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Inscription

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 / [?]

Provenance

Julius S. Held [1905-2002], by 1970; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Held, Julius S., Professor

Exhibition History

1970: Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 116.