1962.336: Allegorical Figure of a Woman Holding A Circle

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1962.336

People

Giovanni Battista Benvenuti, called Ortolano, Italian (1487 - c. 1527)
Previously attributed to Lorenzo di Ottavio Costa, Italian (Ferrara, Italy 1460 - 1535 Mantua, Italy)

Title

Allegorical Figure of a Woman Holding A Circle

Other Titles

Former Title: Allegorical Figure of a Woman Holding A Wheel

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

15th-16th century

Culture

Italian, Emilian, Ferrarese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228275

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

41.9 x 32.2 cm (16 1/2 x 12 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: back of panel, black ink, typewritten: 187.35, lent by Mr. C. P. Curtis
• label: back of panel, black ink, handwritten: T.L. / 1503 / for examination / Mr. [Clarke?] P. Curtis

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Lillian Malcove

Accession Year

1962

Object Number

1962.336

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1972), pp. 57 [as by Lorenzo di Ottavio Costa the elder], 152 [as by Benvenuti]
• Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

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