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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.224
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Design for a Ceiling: The Resurrection, the Four Evangelists and the Four Doctors of the Church
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1580
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Verona
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292625

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, and white gouache (oxidized) on 21 pieces of cream antique laid paper, mounted to a decorative framework drawn on three joined sheets of faded blue paper, laid down
Dimensions
32.4 x 26.9 cm (12 3/4 x 10 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on decorated center oval mount, top, brown ink: S. Ambrosio
  • inscription: verso of mount, l.r., graphite: HK [?] 769
  • collector's mark: on decorated center oval mount, bottom, brown ink: [paraph] L. 624 (Charles Rogers)
  • collector's mark: on decorated center oval mount, bottom, black ink: L. 1511 (Jan Pietersz. Zoomer)
  • inscription: on decorated center oval mount, bottom, brown ink: S. Ambrosio
  • inscription: on decorated center oval mount, left, brown ink: Agustin

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jan Pietersz Zoomer, Amsterdam (L. 1511 with his mark). Charles Rogers, London (L. 624 with his mark). [Christie's, London, July 4, 1995, lot 108, (as Roman School, ca. 1580)], sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], long-term loan; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1995, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Accession Year
1998
Object Number
1998.224
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Old Master Drawings, auct. cat., Christie's, London (London, England, July 7, 1998), no. 108, repr. color as Roman School, ca. 1580

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