1932.243: Church of Sta. Maria Maddalena, Bologna

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1932.243

People

Gaetano Gandolfi, Italian (Bologna, Italy 1734 - 1802 Bologna, Italy)

Title

Church of Sta. Maria Maddalena, Bologna

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1767

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Emilia, Bologna

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/297786

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, brown and pink wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

31.8 x 21.3 cm (12 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, brown ink: altra veduta della chiesa della Maddalena in Bologna in strada S. Donato dalla casa di Gaetano Gandolfi da lui medesimo dissegnata.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Benno Geiger, sale [Sotheby's, London, December 7-10, 1920, lot 121]. Charles A. Loeser, Florence, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser

Accession Year

1932

Object Number

1932.243

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Catalogue of an Important and Extensive Collection of Old Master Drawings, the property of a gentleman living in Italy, auct. cat., Sotheby's, London (London, December 7-10, 1920), lot 121
• Leo Planiczig and Hermann Voss, Handzeichnungen alter Meister aus der Sammlung dr. Benno Geiger, Amalthea-Verlag (Vienna, 1920), cat. no. 78, p. 24, pl. 78
• Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 316, p. 160; vol. 2, repr. fig. 155
• Konrad Oberhuber, ed., Old Master Drawings: Selections from the Charles A. Loeser Bequest, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), cat. no. 41, pp. 94-95, 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. 76, n.p., and p. 71, repr. (color)
• Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 120 ("Cartella con tre stelle rosse")

Exhibition History

• Bolognese Drawings in North American Collections, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 09/11/1981 - 11/08/1981

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