Harvard Art Museums > 1965.222: The Head of a Monk Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Head of a Monk (Unidentified Artist) , 1965.222,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/296623. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1965.222 People Unidentified Artist Title The Head of a Monk Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 15th century Culture Netherlandish Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/296623 Physical Descriptions Medium Metalpoint and black chalk on white prepared paper, partial framing line in black chalk Dimensions 7.5 x 6.2 cm (2 15/16 x 2 7/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: 1823 / Barthel de [illegible] / um 1619 - 16.. [illegible] Firenzi [?]. inscription: lower right, brown ink: C... [illegible] inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 1136 inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 1823 watermark: none Provenance Recorded Ownership History Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, sold or gift; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091, without his mark), by 1920, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs Accession Year 1965 Object Number 1965.222 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 458, p. 237; vol. 2 repr. fig. 232 as Flemish (?) XV century An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, checklist, Unpublished (1954), cat. no. 1, p. 1 (as Flemish XV Century) Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), p. 207 J. L. Shrader, The waning Middle Ages: an exhibition of French and Netherlandish Art from1350 to 1500, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the Waning of the Middle Ages by John Huizinga, exh. cat., University of Kansas Museum of Art (Lawrence, KS, 1969), pp. 41-42, cat. no. 36, repr. as plate XLVI James Sperber, "Technical Examination of Eight Metalpoint Drawings from the Fogg Art Museum" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, May 1983), Unpublished, passim Exhibition History An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/01/1954 - 04/30/1954 The Waning Middle Ages, University of Kansas Museum of Art, 11/01/1969 - 12/01/1969 Subjects and Contexts Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
