Letter describing Caravoglia's design for "Circumcision" painting

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1969.63.A
People: Bernardo Marenco
Associated artist: Bartolomeo Caravoglia, Italian (1620 - 1691)
Title: Letter describing Caravoglia's design for "Circumcision" painting
Classification: Archival Material
Work Type: archival material
Date: August 28, 1675
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/296411

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Brown ink on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions: 29.3 x 21 cm (11 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.) (folded sheet)
292 x 42 cm (114 15/16 x 16 9/16 in.) (open sheet)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mme Bernard François-Ponçet
Accession Year: 1969
Object Number: 1969.63.A
Division: European and American Art
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Descriptions

Description: Folded sheet, with writing on three sides

Publication History

John A. Pinto, "A Drawing by Bartolomeo Caravoglio: A Documented Instance of Artistic Patronage in Seventeenth-Century Piedmont", Master Drawings (Summer 1972), vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 150-154, pp. 150-154, repr. pp. 152-153

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