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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.390
People
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
  • 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)
  • 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
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
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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

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