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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.347
People
Giulio Romano, Italian (Rome 1499? - 1546 Mantua)
Title
The Young Hercules
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298706

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over black chalk heightened with white gouache on cream antique laid paper, mounted overall to cream antique laid paper with gold decorated borders
Dimensions
42.5 x 32.7 cm (16 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Count Moriz von Fries, Vienna (Lugt 2903). 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
1932.347
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. 169, p. 93
  • Drawings and Prints of the First Maniera 1515-1535, exh. cat., Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art (Providence, RI, 1973), cat. no. 59, repr.
  • Konrad Oberhuber and Sylvia Ferino Pagden, Fürstenhöfe der Renaissance: Giulio Romano und die Klassiche Tradition, exh. cat., Kunsthistorisches Museum/Graphischen Sammlung Albertina (Vienna, Austria, 1989), no. II/26, n.p., p. 60, repr. fig. II/26
  • John Russell, "Surprises From the Hand Of a 16th-Century Master", The New York Times (New York, NY, October 1, 1999), p. B37, p. B37, repr.
  • Janet Cox-Rearick and Richard Aste, Giulio Romano: Master Designer: An Exhibition of Drawings in Celebration of the Five Hundreth Anniversary of his Birth, exh. cat., ed. Janet Cox-Rearick, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery (New York, NY, 1999), cat. no. 3, pp. 38-39, repr., and pp. 17, 19 and 21, repr. color on cover
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 122 ("Cartella R")
  • Review of "Giulio Romano: Master Designer", Art on Paper (March/April, 2000), vol. 4, no. 4, repr. p. 94

Exhibition History

  • Drawings and Prints of the First Maniera 1515-1535, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 02/22/1973 - 03/25/1973
  • Giulio Romano: Master Designer, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, New York, 09/16/1999 - 11/27/1999

Verification Level

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