Gift of George Hubbard Clapp
41.19
Figure on Turtle in an Architectural Setting
Pen and brown ink over graphite on laid paper
7.125 in W
x
10.75 in H
(Image)
European
This drawing is on a handmade paper that contains a watermark depicting three mountains or trinity knot.
Bearing the inscription “originale di [...] da [...] nel Giardino del Duca Strozzi” in later hand.
This drawing recalls a famous fountain in the Boboli Gardens in Florence, depicting the dwarf jester Morgante on a turtle. Because the details of this drawing differ from this fountain’s design, and features a watermark used some 200 years after its completion, the drawing is probably a study for another later sculpture, as yet untraced.
Wall label from the exhibition The Curious Drawings of Doctor Clapp, UAG, October 24–December 6, 2019.
This drawing recalls a famous fountain in the Boboli Gardens in Florence, depicting the dwarf jester Morgante on a turtle. Because the details of this drawing differ from this fountain’s design, and features a watermark used some 200 years after its completion, the drawing is probably a study for another later sculpture, as yet untraced.
Wall label from the exhibition The Curious Drawings of Doctor Clapp, UAG, October 24–December 6, 2019.
In Collection
Acquired by the University of Pittsburgh from Mary Burgwin Denny in 1941. Funds for the purchase donated by George Hubbard Clapp.
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