Angel Playing a Lute; verso: Studies of Putti and other Figures

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1966.24
People: Giovanni Battista Vanni, Italian (Florence, Italy 1599 - 1660 Pistoia, Italy)
Previously attributed to Francesco, called Cecco Bravo Montelatici, Italian (1601 - 1661)
Title: Angel Playing a Lute; verso: Studies of Putti and other Figures
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 17th century
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/296360

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Red chalk on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions: 17.2 × 26.4 cm (6 3/4 × 10 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Fernando Zóbel de Ayala, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Fernando Zóbel de Ayala
Accession Year: 1966
Object Number: 1966.24
Division: European and American Art
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Publication History

Thomas McGrath, "Florentine Baroque Drawings at the Fogg Museum of Art", Apollo (January 2004), CLIX, no. 503, pp. 14-20, p. 17, fig. 11

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