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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.42
People
? Guido Reni, Italian (Bologna 1575 - 1642 Bologna)
Title
Diana
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Emilia, Bologna
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298931

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black, red, and white chalk, partially incised, on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
original sheet: 126 × 57.2 cm (49 5/8 × 22 1/2 in.)
mount: 128.8 × 68.8 cm (50 11/16 × 27 1/16 in.)
mat: 143.5 × 81.9 cm (56 1/2 × 32 1/4 in.)
frame: 149.5 × 87.9 × 3.5 cm (58 7/8 × 34 5/8 × 1 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Denman W. Ross, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1920

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.42
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
three sheets joined horizontally, extra small fragment at right; silhouetted and mounted to secondary support

Publication History

  • Robert Allerton Parker, "Notes on Drawings at the Fogg Museum", The International Studio (January 1930), vol. 95, no. 392, pp. 36-40, pp. 38-40, repr.
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 291, pp. 145-146; vol. 2, repr. fig. 140 as Reni
  • Frederick Cummings and Rudolf Wittkower, Art in Italy, 1600-1700, exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts/Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (Detroit, MI and New York, NY, 1965), cat. no. 84, p.88, and p. 20, repr.
  • Agnes Mongan, Konrad Oberhuber, and Jonathan Bober, The Famous Italian Drawings at the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Silvana Editoriale (Milan, Italy, 1988), cat. no. 58, n.p., and pp. 12 and 60, repr. (color) as Reni
  • Edward Saywell, "Guide to Drawing Terms and Techniques", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), vol. VI, no. 2, pp. 30-39, p. 30 under "Cartoon"

Exhibition History

  • Art in Italy, 1600-1700, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 04/06/1965 - 05/09/1965

Verification Level

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