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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1959.160
People
Francesco Primaticcio, Italian (Bologna, Italy c. 1504 - 1570 Paris, France)
Title
An Allegorical Group Representing Astronomy
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Northern Italy
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296799

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk and white gouache on sanguine-toned cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
13.5 x 22 cm (5 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: lower right, stamp, blue ink: JD [Jules-Alexandre Duval le Camus, Lugt 1441]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jules-Alexandre Duval le Camus, Paris, (Lugt 1441). [Alphonse Kann, Paris], sold 1922; to Paul J. Sachs, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1959

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
1959.160
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. 149, p. 85; vol. 2, repr. fig. 285
  • 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), cat. no. 14, n.p., repr.
  • Konrad Oberhuber, European Master Drawings of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, exh. cat., National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo, 1979), cat. no. 16, n.p., pl. 16, repr.
  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 264, p. 226, repr.
  • Agnes Mongan, Konrad Oberhuber, and Jonathan Bober, The Famous Italian Drawings at the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Silvana Editoriale (Milan, Italy, 1988), cat. no. 34, n.p., and p. 36, repr. color
  • Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 1441

Exhibition History

  • Unidentified Exhibition, Faunce House, Brown University, 1933, Faunce House, Brown University, 01/01/1933 - 12/31/1933
  • Pontormo to Greco: The Age of Mannerism, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, 02/14/1954 - 03/28/1954
  • 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, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/15/1965 - 01/15/1966; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 12/19/1966 - 02/26/1967
  • European Master Drawing of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11/03/1979 - 12/16/1979
  • The Heavenly Twins: Edward W. Forbes, Paul J. Sachs and the Building of a Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/23/1995 - 12/17/1995

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