1932.309: Frieze with Two Putti, Birds, Armour and Weapons

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1932.309

People

Paolo Farinati, Italian (Verona, Italy 1524 - 1606 Verona, Italy)

Title

Frieze with Two Putti, Birds, Armour and Weapons

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Verona

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298695

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash heightened with white gouache, traces of black chalk, on dark cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

9.6 x 42.5 cm (3 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: lower right of mount, stamp, black ink: CR [encircled, R inside of the C] [Lugt 628, mark of Richard Cosway]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Richard Cosway, London (Lugt 628), sold [through his sale, February 14, 1822]. [1] Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1932.

Notes
[1] Possibly lot 81 or part of lot 905, 1090, or 1177

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser

Accession Year

1932

Object Number

1932.309

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. 86, p. 62
• Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 121 ("Cartella II")

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