1972.334: The Perdono of Saint Francis; verso: Studies for Christ and the Virgin; Architectural Details, and a Faint Study of a Head in Profile

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1972.334

People

Giovanni Battista della Rovere, called Fiammenghino, Italian (c. 1561 - c. 1630)
Previously attributed to Ventura Salimbeni, Italian (Siena, Italy 1568 - 1613 Siena, Italy)

Title

The Perdono of Saint Francis; verso: Studies for Christ and the Virgin; Architectural Details, and a Faint Study of a Head in Profile

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th-17th century

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296236

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, gray-brown wash, black chalk on off-white paper, squared in graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink and graphite

Dimensions

34.3 x 26.2 cm (13 1/2 x 10 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney J. Freedberg

Accession Year

1972

Object Number

1972.334

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• James Harper, Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2001), cat. no. 10, repr. (recto and verso), pp. 13, 16
• Thomas McGrath, "Dominicans, Franciscans, and the Art of Political Rivalry: Two Drawings and a Fresco by Giovanni Battista della Rovere" (April 2011), pp. 186, 200, 206, recto repr. p. 188 as fig. 2; verso repr. p. 207 as fig. 9

Exhibition History

• Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/19/2001 - 08/12/2001
• 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 03/08/2016

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