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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.269
People
School of Piero di Cosimo, Italian (Florence (?), Italy c. 1462 - 1522 Florence(?), Italy)
Title
Two Angels Holding a Chalice
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
15th-16th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298546

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink with traces of black and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
9.1 × 14.9 cm (3 9/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: u.r. corner of mount, brown ink: /4.
  • inscription: l.r. corner of mount, graphite: 3/-
  • inscription: verso of mount, l.r. corner, graphite: 637/
    28
  • collector's mark: verso of mount, l.l., black ink: L. 2650 [paraph of W. Sharp]
  • collector's mark: verso of mount, center right edge: L. 2364 [Sir Joshua Reynolds--stamped upside down]
  • collector's mark: l.l. corner: L. 2886 [N. Lanière]
  • inscription: verso of mount, l.l. corner, brownish red ink: Lot 338
  • watermark: No watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen, 3/4/2002.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Nicholas Lanier, London (Lugt 2886). Joshua Reynolds (Lugt 2364). William Sharp, Manchester (Lugt 2650). 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
1932.269
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Bernard Berenson, The Drawings of the Florentine Painters, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL, 1938), vol. II, no. 1863D, p. 260, as School of Piero di Cosimo
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 33, p. 25, as School of Piero di Cosimo
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 121 ("Cartella con quattro stelle rosse")

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