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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
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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

Verification Level

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