1932.154: Various Sketches of Nude Figures

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1932.154

People

Raffaele da Montelupo, Italian (Florence, Italy c. 1504 - 1566 Orvieto, Italy)

Title

Various Sketches of Nude Figures

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298557

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

31.5 × 23.2 cm (12 3/8 × 9 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: u.l., graphite: 8
• inscription: l.l., graphite: cat 1337 il. mk
• watermark: Ladder in a shield (not in Briquet; but similar to 5927); W 7. Beta required.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

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

1932.154

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Bernard Berenson, "I disegni di Raffaello da Montelupo", Bollettino d'arte del Ministero della educazione nazionale (September 1935), series 3, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 105-120, p. 119; repr. fig. 22, p. 117
• Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 129, pp. 76-77; vol. 2, repr. fig. 78
• Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 119 ("Cartella con tre stelle nere")

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