New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Father Tiber

ArtistAfter Lodovico Carracci (Italian, 1555-1619)

CultureItalian

DateNo Date

MediumCrayon, laid paper, sanguine

DimensionsOverall: 7 9/16 x 10 3/8 in. (19.2 x 26.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)

Inscribed"I.E.H." or "IH" lower left corner in ink.

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number50.49.7

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DescriptionSanguine, crayon on laid paper. Mounted on stiff paper. A personification of the Tiber River-- Father Tiber, an elderly man with wild hair and a beard, sitting next to a jug on its side with water.

Exhibition History"Myths & Allegories" June-Nov. 1955, West Gallery, Norfolk Museum. Published ReferencesOLD MASTER DRAWING CATALOGUE, Nov. 1950, #12.