Pietà | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1932.191
People: School of Anthony van Dyck, Flemish (Antwerp, Belgium 1599 - 1641 London)
Title: Pietà
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 17th century
Culture: Flemish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298592

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown and black ink and gray wash with later additions in graphite and black ink on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite, mounted overall

Dimensions

21.2 x 18.3 cm (8 3/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
mount: 22.7 x 19.9 cm (8 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: mount, verso, lower center, graphite: Vandyke (?)
watermark: none visible

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: 1932.191
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), vol. 1, cat. no. 471. p. 246
Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 119 ("Cartella con due stelle d'oro")

Subjects and Contexts

Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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1932.191: Pietà