1932.267: Euclid

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1932.267

People

Luca Cambiaso, Italian (Moneglia, Genoa, Italy 1527 - 1585 Madrid, Spain)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist

Title

Euclid

Other Titles

Former Title: Study for a Figure to Represent Geometry

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298911

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to heavy gray wove paper

Dimensions

40.4 × 26.7 cm (15 7/8 × 10 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, top, eighteenth-century hand: P.F. Mazzachelli dit il Morazzone
• inscription:

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Padre Resta (h 05). Joshua Reynolds, London (Lugt 2364). Thomas Banks, London (Lugt 2423). Henri de Triqueti, Paris (Lugt 1304). 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

1932.267

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 102, pp. 67-68
• Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 121 ("Cartella con quattro stelle rosse")
• Jonathan Bober, Luca Cambiaso, 1527-1585, exh. cat., Silvana Editoriale (Milan/Austin/Genoa, 2006), cat. no. 54, repr. (color)

Exhibition History

• Luca Cambiaso, 1527-1585, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, 09/15/2006 - 01/14/2007

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