Design for a fan or hand screen depicting the musical contest of Apollo and Marsyas
Antonio Basoli
(Italian, 1774–1843)
early 19th century
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink, graphite and watercolor on paper
Dimensions29.5 x 20.64 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
Credit LineJuliana Cheney Edwards Collection
Accession number2014.564
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Provenance1927, sold from a private collection, Bologna, to Podio (probably the dealer Publio Podio), Bologna. March 19, 1991, anonymous sale, Finarte, Milan, lot 15. 1992, Mattia Jona (dealer), Milan. 1993, sold by Sisley Overseas, Inc., Lugano, Switzerland, to Nissman, Abromson, Ltd., Brookline, MA; 2014, sold by Nissman Abromson, Ltd. to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 23, 2014)
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
George Du Maurier
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
1856
Charles Samuel Keene
George John Pinwell
Johann Heinrich Ramberg
Antonio Tempesta