Calliope And Melpomene (Design For A Pendentive Fresco)
Artist
Ciro Ferri
(Italian, 1634–1689)
Datemid–late 17th century
Mediumblack chalk heightened with white, on cream laid paper prepared with blue wash
Dimensionssheet: 28 × 28.2 cm (11 × 11 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineJerome A. Wheelock Fund
Object number1978.45
DescriptionInscribed in pen and brown ink, l.r.,"Caliope et Melpomene." Inscribed in pen and brown ink in image, numbers corresponding to color notations on verso. Inscribed in pen and brown ink on verso, a lengthy list of materials and their cost, sealed with red wax; l.ctr., the artists' numbered color code.ProvenanceMarcello Aldega, Rome
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