2002.95.29: Priest Praying (Saint Carlo Borromeo?)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2002.95.29

People

Giacomo Cavedone, Italian (Sassuolo, Italy 1577 - 1660 Bologna, Italy)

Title

Priest Praying (Saint Carlo Borromeo?)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th-17th century

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/146689

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper

Dimensions

35.2 x 23.6 cm (13 7/8 x 9 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower right, brown ink: Cavedoni
• label: formerly back of frame, typed: Giacomo CAVEDONE / Italy, 1577-1660 / A Priest Praying / black chalk heightened with white / on blue-gray paper. / touch of red studio paint at neck / signed lower right in brown ink: "Cavedoni" / 13 3/4" x 9 1/4" / form. coll. Sir Charles Prescott, Bart. / Bot of Colnaghi, March 1957.
• label: formerly back of frame, printed: PETER A. WICK

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Sir Charles Prescott. per label from back of frame
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London, sold to Peter Wick(?), 1957. per label from back of frame
Peter A. Wick, Boston, MA, acquired from Colnaghi(?), 1957. suggested by label from back of frame
Paul Haldeman, Brookline, MA and Jackson, MS, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, HUAM, 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Haldeman

Accession Year

2002

Object Number

2002.95.29

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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