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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.339
People
Francesco Vanni, Italian (Siena, Italy c. 1563 - 1610 Siena, Italy)
Title
The Marriage of the Virgin
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298624

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk heightened with white gouache on cream antique laid paper, stylus underlining in architectural elements
Dimensions
45.5 x 28.9 cm (17 15/16 x 11 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: top: FRAN: VAN.NUS.SENEN.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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
1932.339
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. 300, p. 148; vol. 2, repr. fig. 143
  • Agnes Mongan, Konrad Oberhuber, and Jonathan Bober, The Famous Italian Drawings at the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Silvana Editoriale (Milan, Italy, 1988), cat. no. 47, n.p., and pp. 44 and 54, repr. (color)
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 122 ("Cartella A")

Verification Level

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