1981.9: Cardinal Antonio Barberini on Horseback

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1981.9

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Cardinal Antonio Barberini on Horseback

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/295560

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

38.9 × 30 cm (15 5/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: top, graphite: [?] / Barberini
• collector's mark: lower left, stamp: cherub [mark of Adolf Klein (Lugt 2786b)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Adolf Klein, Frankfurt (Lugt 2786b)]. [Benno Geiger]. Albin Prybram de Gladona, by 1961. [Kurt Meissner, Zurich] sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1981

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Fogg Museum Director's Art Object Fund and Anonymous Fund for Acquisitions

Accession Year

1981

Object Number

1981.9

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Mazarin: Homme d'état et collectionneur, 1602-1661, exh. cat., Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, 1961), no. 49
• Charlotte Prybram-Gladona, Unbekannte Zeichnungen alter Meister aus europäischem Privatbesitz, exh. cat. (Munich, Germany, 1969), no. 23, repr.

Exhibition History

• Mazarin: Homme d'état et collectionneur, 1602-1661, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 01/01/1961 - 12/31/1961
• Baroque Rome, Houghton Library, 04/10/1986 - 05/31/1986

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