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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.376
People
Hans Holbein the Younger, German (Augsburg, Germany 1497/98 - 1543 London, England)
Title
Design for a Coat of Arms
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298696

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink with red, yellow and gray-brown wash on cream paper
Dimensions
30 x 21.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: black ink, lower edge: 1519 HH
  • watermark: Bear (Briquet 12270)

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
1932.376
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Paul Ganz, Die Handzeichnungen Hans Holbeins, J. Bard (Berlin, 1937), no. C55, p. 98
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 387, fig. 197
  • Konrad Oberhuber, "Charles Loeser as a Collector of Drawings", Apollo (June 1978), vol. CVII, no. 196, pp. 464-469, p. 467, fig. 5
  • Konrad Oberhuber, ed., Old Master Drawings: Selections from the Charles A. Loeser Bequest, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), cat. no. 44, p. 100, and p. 101, repr.
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 123 ("Cartella C.L.")

Exhibition History

  • Northern Renaissance Art: Selected Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/28/1984 - 04/08/1984
  • Prints and Drawings from the Time of Holbein and Breugel, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1985 - 01/12/1986
  • Northern Renaissance Stained Glass: Continuity and Transformations, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, 02/02/1987 - 03/08/1987

Verification Level

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