1944.39: Saint John and the Virgin

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1944.39

People

Unidentified Artist
Possible attribution to style of Diego de Siloe, Spanish (c. 1495 - 1563)
Previously given to Alonso Berruguete, Spanish (Paredes de Nava, Spain c. 1480 - 1561 Toledo, Spain)

Title

Saint John and the Virgin

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

relief, sculpture

Date

16th century

Culture

Spanish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229391

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Carved ivory

Technique

Carved

Dimensions

sight: 13.8 x 8.8 x 3 cm (5 7/16 x 3 7/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: backing, ink, typewritten and handwritten: [typewritten in black:] No. 79. A painting engraved in alto- / relievo, on ivory. It represents St. / John and the Virgin. This precious / artistic gem was made at the beginning / of the 16th century by the famous / sculptor Berruguete, and measures / [ ] 9 centimetres. [handwritten in blue ink:] l.r. 21.34

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mrs. Arthur Lincoln (Serafina Loring), Spain, By descent to her daughter, Serita Bartlett.
Serita L. Bartlett, Beverly Farms, MA, From her mother, Serafina Loring Lincoln, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1944.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Serita L. Bartlett in memory of her mother, Serafina Loring, wife of Arthur Lincoln, Class of 1863

Accession Year

1944

Object Number

1944.39

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

• Suzanne L. Stratton, Spanish Polychrome Sculpture 1500-1800 in United States Collections, Spanish Institute (New York, NY, 1993), p. 165, repr.

Verification Level