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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.133
People
Copy after Raphael, Italian (Urbino, Italy 1483 - 1520 Rome, Italy)
Title
Two Putti Singing (Copy after Raphael's "Madonna del Baldacchino")
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
15th-16th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298836

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Metalpoint heightened with white on brown prepared antique laid paper
Dimensions
22.1 × 17.7 cm (8 11/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, l.l. corner, graphite: 10 [in a circle]
  • inscription: l.r. corner, brown ink: 10

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
1932.133
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. 157, p. 90, as copy after Raphael
  • James Sperber, "Technical Examination of Eight Metalpoint Drawings from the Fogg Art Museum" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, May 1983), Unpublished, passim
  • Penley Knipe, "Grounds on Paper: An Examination of Eight Early Drawings" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1998), Unpublished, pp. 1-22 passim
  • 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")

Verification Level

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