Two female figures in front of a town gate

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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 28,3 x 20 cm

Inventory numberNMH 1197/1863

AcqusitionTransferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum (Carl Gustaf Tessin)

Other titlesTitle (sv): Två kvinnliga figurer framför en stadsport Title (en): Two female figures in front of a town gate Inventory title (sv): Allegori. Hjelte ledes af Segern, m.m.

DescriptionDescription: Brown stains. Incised through but not blackened on verso. Inscribed: "Jean Battᵉ Coriolano Ecolier du Valese" in pen and brown ink on lower left side. Numbered: 84 (struck out) in pen and black ink in lower right corner. Numbered: 1019 in pen and black ink in right corner (Sparre). Coriolano executed a rather similar composition representing the city of Bologna as a female warrior accompanied by a female allegorical figure symbolizing the Roman Church. Our drawing might be a study for a companion piece depicting the city in similar fashion, this time accompanied by one of the Muses holding a laurel branch, and with Apollo and the other Muses in the right distance. [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 1476]

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MaterialInk, Paper, Black chalk (Crayon)

TechniqueDrawing

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