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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9789
People
Domenico Beccafumi, Italian (Cortine in Valdibiena Montaperti, Italy 1486 - 1551 Siena, Italy)
Title
Saint Peter
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/257624

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in tan and two shades of gray
Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 41 x 21.1 cm (16 1/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, brown ink, hand written: attribution: Du Beccafumi

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mariette, Collector. The signature -- last name only -- has a capital M, which is uncharacteristic of the signature of Pierre Mariette. It is followed not by a date but by a number: 172.
Friedrich August II, (971), Collector.
W. G. Russell Allen, Esq., Collector.
Horace M. Swope, Collector.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
B. 14

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Horace M. Swope, Class of 1905
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
M9789
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Naoko Takahatake, The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books Prestel (Los Angeles, 2018), p. 183, note 4

Verification Level

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