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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1959.158
People
Bernhard Strigel, German (1460 - 1528)
Title
Saint Agatha
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
15th-16th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297272

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and white gouache on blue-gray prepared antique laid paper
Dimensions
19.2 x 14 cm (7 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Steinmeyer] sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (by 1927), 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
1959.158
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sydney J. Freedberg, "A Drawing by Bernhard Strigel", Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum (November 1938), VIII, no. 1, pp. 18-24, pp. 18-24, fig. 2
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 397, fig. 205
  • Allene Talmey, "The Fogg Art Museum at Harvard", Vogue, Conde Nast (New York, July 15, 1947), 15 July, pp. 44-49, 78-80, repr. p. 44
  • 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. 260, p. 223, repr.
  • Penley Knipe, "Grounds on Paper: An Examination of Eight Early Drawings" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1998), Unpublished, pp. 1-22 passim

Exhibition History

  • Technique exhibit, Fitchburg Art Association, Fitchburg, 01/01/1932 - 12/31/1932
  • Unidentified Exhibition, Fitchburg Art Centre, 1932, Fitchburg Art Museum, 01/01/1932 - 12/31/1932
  • Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University (Collected by Paul J. Sachs), Century Club, New York, 05/12/1947 - 09/25/1947
  • Art of the Northern Renaissance, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 02/13/1967 - 04/01/1967
  • 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
  • Northern Renaissance Art: Selected Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/28/1984 - 04/08/1984
  • 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

Verification Level

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