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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1959.29
People
Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italian (Caravaggio, near Bergamo, Italy c. 1499 - 1543 Messina, Italy)
Title
Saturn Devouring One of His Children
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297054

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash with traces of black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on four pieces of blue antique laid paper, laid down to thick cream antique laid paper (the mount of the collector John Skippe)
Dimensions
27.3 x 13.6 cm (10 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: bottom center and lower right, black ink, stamped: L. 2108
  • inscription: l.r., brown ink: Polidoro [appears to be written over another inscription]
  • inscription: within the framing lines of the mount, graphite: Polidoro
  • inscription: below the bottom framing line of the mount, graphite: Polidoro CALDARA DA CARAVAGGIO [inscription is extremely faint]
  • inscription: l.l. of mount, graphite: Fogg
  • inscription: l.r. of mount, graphite: 43 [underlined]
  • inscription: l.r. of mount, graphite: 160 [underlined and within a circle]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Peter (d. 1718) Sylvester, London, England (L. 2108). John Skippe, London, England sold [through his sale, Christie's, London, November 20-21, 1958]; to [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London], sold; to Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Cunningham, 1959, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1959.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Cunningham
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
1959.29
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Drawings and Prints of the First Maniera 1515-1535, exh. cat., Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art (Providence, RI, 1973), cat. no. 49, repr.
  • Dessins italiens du musée Condé à Chantilly: II. Raphaël et son cercle, exh. cat., Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Paris, France, 1997), under no. 31, p. 109

Exhibition History

  • Drawings and Prints of the First Maniera 1515-1535, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 02/22/1973 - 03/25/1973

Verification Level

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