Allegorical Figure, Reclining | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1938.51
People: Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Correggio (Antonio Allegri), Italian (Correggio, Italy c. 1489 - 1534 Correggio, Italy)
Title: Allegorical Figure, Reclining
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 17th century
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298715

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

11.3 × 16.6 cm (4 7/16 × 6 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso: Bottinelli (coll.) de Francfort Tr 12 August--43--(for 140 fl) Antonio Allegori dettto il Correggio fecit
watermark: Six-pointed star over circle [fragmentary]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Bottinelli collection. Therese Kuhn Straus (Mrs. Herbert N. Straus), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Herbert N. Straus
Accession Year: 1938
Object Number: 1938.51
Division: European and American Art
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Publication History

Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 274

Verification Level

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