1932.156: Saint James the Less (Hercules or a Prophet)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1932.156

People

Copy after Baccio Bandinelli, Italian (Gaiole in Chianti, Italy 1488 - 1560 Florence, Italy)

Title

Saint James the Less (Hercules or a Prophet)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298915

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink over graphite (?) on off-white antique laid paper

Dimensions

40.3 × 23.8 cm (15 7/8 × 9 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: crossbow in a circle (Mongan-Sachs W. 1)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Muller, Amsterdam. John Charles Robinson, London (Lugt 1433). Adalbert von Lanna, Prague (Lugt 2773). Charles A. Loeser, Florence, 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

1932.156

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Ulrich Middeldorf, "Drawings by Giovanni dell'Opera", Arts Quarterly (1939), II, pp. 386-393, pp. 386-393, repr.
• Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 54, p. 46; vol. 2, repr. fig. 47
• Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 119 ("Cartella con tre stelle nere")

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