The Death of Priam
early 19th century
Attributed to Francesco Caucig (Franz Kavcic) (Austrian (born in Slovenia), 1755–1828)
Dimensions
Sheet: 53.7 x 73 cm (21 1/8 x 28 3/4 in.) Borderline: 53. x 72.3 cm (20 7/8 x 28 7/16 in.)
Accession Number
2002.147
Medium or Technique
Pen and gray ink and brush and gray wash over graphite on three sheets of laid paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Markings
Recto lower left stamped in blue ink-- mark of Giuseppe Vallardi (1784-1863, Milan, Lugt 1223)
Recto lower right stamped in purple ink-- unidentified mark, possibly that of Gupitsch (cf. Lugt 533f and 535)
Recto lower right stamped in black ink-- unidentified mark (Lugt 797)
Provenance
Possibly Gupitsch (active about 1840; cf. Lugt 533f and 535), Vienna; Giuseppe Vallardi (b. 1784 – d. 1863, Lugt 1223), Milan; about 1980, purchased at auction in Brussels by Sven Bruntjen, San Rafael, CA; by whom consigned to David and Constance Yates European Drawings and Sculpture, New York; from whom purchased by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: June 26, 2002)
Credit Line
Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection