[Portrait of two men] [art original].

Description

Title: [Portrait of two men] [art original].
Published / Created: [ca. 1775]
Publication Place: England?
Abstract: On the left, in profile looking left, the head and shoulders of a man with a laurel wreath around his head, probably Dante. On the right the head and shoulders of a man with a tonsure and a friar's habit, possibly Thomas Aquinas
Description: Title devised by curator.
Approximate date assigned by curator.
Provenance: Sold at the Waller sale, Christie's, 15 December 1947, lot 24. Bought at the Hely-Hutchinson sale, Sotheby's, lot 263, by Agnew for W.S. Lewis, with sketch of Mrs. Damer, 13 March 1956, £11 for the lot.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 30.5 x 44 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Portrait drawings
Crayon drawings
Amateur works
Material: black crayon ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321,
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274,
Subjects: Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
Waller, Wathen Arthur, Sir, 1881-1947 > Ownership
Hely-Hutchinson, John Walter, 1882-1955 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Portrait of Two Men. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.