The Sacrifice of Pelias to Neptune

Provenance

Paolo Coccapani, bishop of Reggio Emilia, by 1640. George, Third Earl of Cholmondeley [stamps (Lugt 537 and 1149), recto, lower left, in black]. Alistair Matthews, Poole, Dorset. P. G. Waite, Madison, Wisconsin, by 1974; sold, Sotheby’s, London, July 7, 2005, lot 112. Sold by W. M. Brady, New York, to Jean and Steven Goldman, 2007; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.

The Sacrifice of Pelias to Neptune

Agostino Carracci

1584

Accession Number

194657

Medium

Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on blue laid paper, squared in black chalk

Dimensions

42.4 × 56.6 cm (16 3/4 × 22 5/16 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Jean and Steven Goldman