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Francesco Rosaspina

Allegory of Fortitude

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Medium

pen and brown ink with gray and brown wash, heightend with white gouache, over black chalk

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Julius S. Held Collection

Accession Number

1985.1.49

Artists / Makers

Francesco Rosaspina (artist) Italian, 1762 - 1841

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Inscription

later hand center verso in graphite: Rosapina

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. 131.

1984: Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., January 1984.

2014: From Neoclassicism to Futurism: Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800- 1925, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015.

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