Cicada on a Laurel Branch with a View of Florence
Carl Gustav Carus
(German, 1789–1869)
1829
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil with black chalk and touches of pen and black ink on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 20.5 x 17 cm (8 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit LineErnest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund
Accession number2000.1003
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ProvenancePrince Johann Georg of Saxony (1869-1938, Dresden, Lugt 1162c); possibly sold Leipzig, C. G. Boerner, 8 May 1941; Dr. Robert Ammann; Antiquariat Fritz Eggert, Stuttgart; with Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt; purchased by MFA December 13, 2000
Albert Goodwin
![De todo sirven [se rien] (Used for Everything; All Purpose) Crossed over inscription: No se alquilan (Not for hire)
Sheet 28 from a Bordeaux Album (Journal-Album G)](/internal/media/dispatcher/1110786/thumbnail)
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century