1932.122: Saint Christopher; verso: Madonna and Child

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1932.122

People

Attributed to Domenico Morone, Italian (Verona, Italy c.1442 - c. 1518 Verona, Italy)
Previously attributed to Francesco Bonsignori, Italian (Verona, Italy 1460 - 1519 Caldiero, Italy)

Title

Saint Christopher; verso: Madonna and Child

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Old title: St. Christopher Standing

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

15th-16th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Verona

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298835

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and white and pink gouache over black chalk on cream antique laid paper prepared with orange wash

Dimensions

34.9 × 15.1 cm (13 3/4 × 5 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: Crown

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Dr. Benno Geiger [sale, Sotheby's, London, December 7-10, 1920, lot 354, repr. (as Venetian School)]. Charles A. Loeser, Florence, 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

1932.122

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Catalogue of an Important and Extensive Collection of Old Master Drawings, the property of a gentleman living in Italy, auct. cat., Sotheby's, London (London, December 7-10, 1920), lot 354, repr.
• Leo Planiczig and H. Voss, Drawings and Old Masters from the Geiger Collection (Vienna, Austria, 1920), no. 6
• Leo Planiczig and Hermann Voss, Handzeichnungen alter Meister aus der Sammlung dr. Benno Geiger, Amalthea-Verlag (Vienna, 1920), cat. no. 6, pl. 6, repr.
• Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 18, p. 15, as Italian, 15th Century
• Konrad Oberhuber, ed., Old Master Drawings: Selections from the Charles A. Loeser Bequest, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), cat. no. 6, pp. 24-25, recto repr., as Francesco Bonsignori (?)
• Beverly Louise Brown, Prints and Drawings of the Quattrocento, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1981), cat. no. 6, p. 17, as Bonsignori
• Hans-Joachim Eberhardt, "Nuovi Studi su Domenico Morone, Girolamo dai Libri e Liberale", Miniatura Veronese del Rinascimento, ed. Gino Castiglioni, Museo del Castelvecchio (Verona, Italy, 1986), pp. 103-151, pp. 113 and 116, and 146 (n. 14), repr. p. 116, fig. IV.18 (recto) and IV.19 (v)
• Agnes Mongan, Konrad Oberhuber, and Jonathan Bober, The Famous Italian Drawings at the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Silvana Editoriale (Milan, Italy, 1988), cat. no. 8, n.p., and pp. 22 and 24, and under cat. no. 41, n.p., recto and...
• Edward Saywell, "Guide to Drawing Terms and Techniques", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), vol. VI, no. 2, pp. 30-39, p. 36 under "Prepared paper"
• Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 118 ("Cartella con una stella nera")
• Stephan Wolohojian, Sacred and Profane Visions from Renaissance Venice, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2001), cat. no. 18 [not exhibited]

Exhibition History

• Prints and Drawings of the Quattrocento, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 07/03/1981 - 08/31/1981

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