Half-length Figure of an Old Woman Leaning Forward

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1932.278
People: Follower of Jacopo Bassano the Elder, Italian (Bassano del Grappa, Italy 1510 - 1592 Bassano del Grappa, Italy)
Title: Half-length Figure of an Old Woman Leaning Forward
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 16th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298914

Physical Descriptions

Medium

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

Dimensions

20.7 × 15.7 cm (8 1/8 × 6 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

watermark: No watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen, 3/5/2002.
inscription: lower margin (early hand): Di Jacopo da Ponte, da Bassano

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: 1932.278
Division: European and American Art
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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. 65, p. 52
Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 121 ("Cartella I")

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