1932.259: Fragment of an Ornamented Roman Pedestal

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1932.259

People

Amico Aspertini, Italian (Bologna, Italy c. 1474 - 1552 Bologna, Italy)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist

Title

Fragment of an Ornamented Roman Pedestal

Other Titles

Former Title: Fragment of a Pedestal

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

15th-16th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Emilia, Bologna

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298556

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

22 x 11.2 cm (8 11/16 x 4 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: Verso, l.l., Black ink: L. 2879
• inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: 36 [undecipherable] 15 July [?]
• watermark: No watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen, 2/12/2002

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Freiherr Max von Heyl zu Herrnsheim, Darmstadt, Germany (Lugt 2879). Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, 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

1932.259

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 46, p. 39; vol. 2, fig. 40 as Venetian, 15th century
• Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance, 1400-1600, exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI, 1958), no. 3B
• Beverly Louise Brown, Prints and Drawings of the Quattrocento, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1981), cat. no. 33, p. 21, as Venetian School, last quarter of the 15th century
• Gunter Schweikhart, Der Codex Wolfegg: Zeichnungen nach der Antike von Amico Aspertini (London, 1986), p. 105
• Marzia Faietti and Konrad Oberhuber, ed., Bologna e l'umanesimo 1490-1510, exh. cat., Nuova Alfa Editoriale (Bologna, 1988), p. 280 n.1, repr. p. 280
• Anna Stanzani, Il restauro: intelligenza e progetto, Nuova Alfa (Bologna, Italy, 1990), p. 71
• Marzia Faietti and Amico Faietti, "New Drawings by Amico Aspertini", Master Drawings (1991), vol. XXIX, no. 2, p. 169, under fn. 32
• H. von Kügelgen, "Aspertini, Amico", K. G. Saur (Munich, Germany, 1992), p. 443 with title as "Helmet"
• Marzia Faietti and Arnold Nesselrath, "'Bizar più che reverso di medaglia.' Un codex avec grotesques, monstres et ornements du jeune Amico Aspertini", Revue de l'Art (1995), no. 107, pp. 44-88, p. 79 and p. 85, n. 141
• Marzia Faietti and Daniela Scaglietti Kelescian, Amico Aspertini, Artioli Editore (Modena, 1995), no. 13, pp. 230-1, under "Disegni", repr.
• Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 120 ("Cartella con quattro stelle rosse")

Exhibition History

• Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance, 1400-1600, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 11/18/1958 - 01/04/1959
• Prints and Drawings of the Quattrocento, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 07/03/1981 - 08/31/1981
• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/20/2017 - 08/31/2017

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