Shipwreck (1622-23): Artwork and History
Shipwreck at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Shipwreck (1622-23) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Napoletano Filippo (Italian, c. 1587-1629).
The work and its context
The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:
Sent to Naples from his native Rome as a child, Filippo carried the moniker of his adopted city as he went on to become an important artist at the court of Cosimo II de’ Medici in Florence.
Object facts
- Title: Shipwreck
- Date: 1622-23
- Artist attribution: Napoletano Filippo (Italian, c. 1587-1629)
- Place of origin: Italy
- Medium: Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions: 12.2 × 33.7 cm (4 13/16 × 13 5/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Department: Prints and Drawings
- Reference number: 1922.3918
Collection credit
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
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