1965.390: A Standing Apostle
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1965.390
- People
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Bartolomeo Ramenghi, the Elder, Italian (Bagnacavallo, Italy 1484 - 1542 Bologna, Italy)
Previously attributed to Girolamo Marchesi, Italian (Cotignola, Italy ca. 1481 - ca. 1550 Naples or Rome, Italy)
- Title
- A Standing Apostle
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 16th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Northern Italy
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/296478
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Brown wash and gray wash, black chalk and white gouache with touches of red chalk on blue antique laid paper, mounted overall to decorative mount.
- Dimensions
- 26.6 × 11.8 cm (10 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- watermark: No watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen, 3/14/2002. However, there appears to be a watermark on the secondary support. Beta required.
- collector's mark: l.r., black ink: L. 2184 (J. Richardson)
- collector's mark: l.l. corner, black ink: L. 2364 (Sir Johua Reynolds)
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collector's mark: l.l. corner: L. 2445 (Sir Thomas Lawrence)
- inscription: bottom edge of mount, brown ink: Girolamo da Cotignola
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Jonathan Richardson Sr., London, England (L. 2184). Joshua Reynolds, London, England (L. 2364). Thomas Lawrence, London ,England (L. 2445).
F. Abott, Edinburgh, Scotland (L. 970). [1] [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London, England], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.
Notes
[1] Mongan and Sachs notes that the drawing passed throught this collection and cite his collector's mark. However, this is not present on the actual drawing.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
- Accession Year
- 1965
- Object Number
- 1965.390
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 132, p. 78 as North Italian, 16th century
Verification Level
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