Ancient Sarcophagus Relief with the Labors of Hercules

Provenance

Baron Macartney (1737-1806) Parkhurst, Surrey; Macartney family, to 1854. Frederick R. Aikman, England, to 1913; sold, Puttick & Simpson, London, Mar. 14, 1913, lot 114, to William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamps (Lugt 5308), recto, lower center and lower right]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamps (Lugt 1230b), verso, center left and right, in black].

Ancient Sarcophagus Relief with the Labors of Hercules

Girolamo da Carpi

n.d.

Accession Number

110324

Medium

Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, and traces of black chalk, on buff laid paper, pieced at center

Dimensions

23 × 32 cm (9 1/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

Classification

ink with wash

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection