1932.317: Sketch for an Interior Wall Decoration

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1932.317

People

School of Paolo Caliari, called Veronese, Italian (Verona, Italy 1528 - 1588 Venice, Italy)
Previously attributed to (?) Friedrich Sustris, Netherlandish (c. 1540-1599)

Title

Sketch for an Interior Wall Decoration

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298580

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

15.9 × 37.6 cm (6 1/4 × 14 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Verso, l.l., Graphite: No 16
• inscription: Verso, l.r., Brown ink: 3-
• inscription: Verso, u.r., Graphite: 62 [in circle]
• inscription: Right center, Graphite: F+Colln N...[illegible] F+

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

1932.317

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. 398, pp. 201-202; vol. 2, repr.fig. 207 as Friedrich Sustris(?)
• Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 122 ("Cartella II")

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/23/2023 - 02/26/2024

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