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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1955.17
People
Giovanni Francesco Penni, Italian (Florence, Italy c. 1496 - c. 1528 Naples, Italy)
Title
Design for the Memorial to the Elephant Hanno
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Northern Italy
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294075

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper prepared with gray wash
Dimensions
actual: 27.6 x 26.8 cm (10 7/8 x 10 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
1955.17
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan, Konrad Oberhuber, and Jonathan Bober, The Famous Italian Drawings at the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Silvana Editoriale (Milan, Italy, 1988), pp. 12 and 30, repr. fig. 12

Verification Level

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