1932.270: Design for a Holy Water Font, and Architectural Ornaments; verso: Two Cartouches and Two Birds

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1932.270

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Design for a Holy Water Font, and Architectural Ornaments; verso: Two Cartouches and Two Birds

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298913

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, black chalk, and white gouache on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink

Dimensions

25 × 17 cm (9 13/16 × 6 11/16 in.)

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

1932.270

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), no. 271
• 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")

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/06/2019 - 06/20/2019

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