Drawing of two standing women surrounded by cherubs, a seated figure, and smaller figures in the background
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Two women stand in the center foreground, one behind the other. The woman in front faces back and to her left with her left arm extended and her hand open. In her line of vision, nude female figures gather around a raised pit of fire. A building with an arched façade stands behind them. Each of the women in the center foreground carries a tall cylindrical object. On the left next to a large column, a seated figure of ambiguous gender points toward an open book in front of them. Behind them, a pair of cherubs holds a circular object.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.42
People
Maarten van Heemskerck, Netherlandish (Heemskerck 1498 - 1574 Haarlem)
Jan van Scorel, Netherlandish (1495 - 1562)
Title
Allegorical Subject; verso: Figure Studies
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294920

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2300, European Art, 17th–19th century, Seventeenth–Century Dutch and Flemish Art
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on light tan antique laid paper; verso: two tones of brown ink
Dimensions
30.8 x 22 cm (12 1/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, brown ink: Schoer Cano: ... [? illegible]
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, purple ink, stamp: L. 2026c (Contessa Rosa Piatti-Lochis)
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, blue ink, stamp: L. 116a (Ferruccio Asta)
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Countess Rosa Piattai-Lochis Corcetta, Venice (L. 2026c, verso, lower right). Ferruccio Asta, Venice (L. 116a, verso, lower right). [Bernard Houthakker Gallery, Amsterdam], sold to Fogg Art Museum, 1982.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Paul Geier Fund
Accession Year
1982
Object Number
1982.42
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Nicola Courtright, Northern Travelers to Sixteenth-Century Italy: Drawings from New England Collections, exh. cat., Trustees of Amherst College (Amherst, MA, 1990), pp. 4, 8 cat. no. 3, p. 14, repr. p. 9 (verso), cover (recto)

Exhibition History

  • Northern Renaissance Art: Selected Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/28/1984 - 04/08/1984
  • Prints and Drawings from the Time of Holbein and Breugel, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1985 - 01/12/1986
  • Northern Travelers to 16th c. Italy: Drawings from New England Collections, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, 10/29/1990 - 12/09/1990
  • 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/10/2025 - 06/16/2025

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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