Head of a Roman Soldier | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1932.346
People: Giulio Romano, Italian (Rome 1499? - 1546 Mantua)
Title: Head of a Roman Soldier
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 16th century
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298650

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Gouache with traces of watercolor over black chalk on dark cream antique laid paper, mounted overall to board with a blue decorated antique laid paper border
Dimensions: 40.9 × 37.2 cm (16 1/8 × 14 5/8 in.)

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: 1932.346
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. 170, p. 93
Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 122 ("Cartella R")

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