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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1938.56
People
Luca Cambiaso, Italian (Moneglia, Genoa, Italy 1527 - 1585 Madrid, Spain)
Title
Hercules
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Liguria, Genoa
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298271

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on cream antique laid paper darkened to brown
Dimensions
27.5 × 15.1 cm (10 13/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Therese Kuhn Straus (Mrs. Herbert N. Straus), New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Herbert N. Straus
Accession Year
1938
Object Number
1938.56
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), no. 76
  • Nathan Goldstein, Figure Drawing: The Structure, Anatomy, and Expressive Design of Human Form, Pearson Prentice Hall (Upper Saddle River, N.J., 2004), repr. as fig. 4.90 on p. 178, in b/w

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/18/2018 - 11/15/2018

Verification Level

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