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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.254
People
Giuseppe Cesari (called Cavaliere d'Arpino), Italian (Arpino, Italy 1568 - 1640 Rome, Italy)
Title
Minerva (?); verso: Profile Portrait Study of a Young Priest Wearing a Biretta and a Kneeling Cleric
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th-17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lazio
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298947

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: red chalk and brown ink
Dimensions
21.9 × 15.7 cm (8 5/8 × 6 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower right, ink: Cav d'Arpino
  • watermark: [fragmentary]

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
1932.254
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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. 243, fig. 126
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 120 ("Cartella con quattro stelle rosse")

Verification Level

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