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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.130
People
? Andrea Mantegna, Italian (Isola di Carturo, Italy 1431 - 1506 Mantua, Italy)
Title
Portrait of a Man
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
15th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lombardy, Mantua
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294956

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink with smudges of red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 15.6 x 13 cm (6 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso of mount, center, graphite: Lugt 2868 John Tetlow
    Lugt 419 Benjamin West 1738-1820
    Lugt 782 R. Dalton 1715-97
    Byam-Shaw 1934, June U.M.D.
  • inscription: verso of mount, l.l., graphite: 472580
  • collector's mark: l.l. (on infill), black ink, stamped: L. 2868 (John Tetlow, before 1840)
  • collector's mark: l.r. edge, blind stamp: L. 419 (Benjamin West, 1738-1820)
  • collector's mark: l.r. corner (partially destroyed), blind stamp: L. 782 (Robert Dalton, 1715-1797)
  • (not assigned): Watermark visible during examination by Craigen Bowen. Beta required.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Robert Dingley.
Robert Dalton, London, England (L. 782).
Benjamin West, London, England (L. 419).
John (before 1840) Tetlow, Lancashire, England (L. 2868). Alkrington Hall, Lancashire, England
Walter Hugelshofer.
John B. and Mrs. Louis G. Davidson, Gift to the Harvard University Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John B. Davidson and Mrs. Louis G. Davidson
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.130
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • James Byam Shaw, "A Lost Portrait of Mantegna and a Group of Paduan Drawings", Old Master Drawings (June, 1934), vol. 9, no. 33, pp. 1-7, pp. 1-7

Verification Level

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