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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.361
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Design for a Medieval Fountain
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1470-c. 1500
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany, South Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298925

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on parchment
Dimensions
43.6 x 12 cm (17 3/16 x 4 3/4 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
1932.361
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Bertha Harris Wiles, "An Exhibition of the Fountain", Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum (March 1935), IV, no. 2, pp. 28-33, p. 30, fig. 2
  • H. W. Janson, "A Late Mediaeval Fountain Design", Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum (November 1938), VIII, no. 1, pp. 11-17, pp. 11-17, fig. 1
  • Arthur Mayger Hind, Early Italian Engraving: A Critical Catalogue with Complete Reproduction of all the Prints Described, Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (London, England, 1938), pl. 97, AII, 12
  • Henry S. Francis, "A Gothic Table Fountain and an Engraved Design for One by the Master W*", Print Collector's Quarterly (April 1939), XXVI, no. 2, pp. 225-237, p. 232, repr.
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 384, figs. 194 and 195
  • Agnes Mongan, "The Fogg Art Museum's Collection of Drawings", Harvard Library Bulletin, Harvard University (Cambridge, 1958), vol. 3, no. 2, March, pp. 5-9, p. 201
  • Konrad Oberhuber, ed., Old Master Drawings: Selections from the Charles A. Loeser Bequest, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), cat. no. 42, p. 96, and p. 97, repr.
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 122 ("Cartella C.L.")

Exhibition History

  • Renaissance Jewelry and Metalwork in Graphic Arts, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 04/10/1964 - 05/10/1964
  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/20/2017 - 08/31/2017
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025

Verification Level

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