1932.121: Kneeling Saint; verso: Two Male Figures

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1932.121

People

Attributed to Domenico Morone, Italian (Verona, Italy c.1442 - c. 1518 Verona, Italy)
Previously attributed to Francesco Bonsignori, Italian (Verona, Italy 1460 - 1519 Caldiero, Italy)

Title

Kneeling Saint; verso: Two Male Figures

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

15th-16th century

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298952

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk, brown ink, brown wash and white and pink gouache on antique laid paper prepared with orange-brown wash, laid down overall to cream wove antique laid paper

Dimensions

29.3 x 18.3 cm (11 9/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: No watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen, 3/4/2002. However, a Beta will be made.

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

1932.121

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 19, p. 15, as Italian 15th century
• Beverly Louise Brown, Prints and Drawings of the Quattrocento, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1981), cat. no. 5, p. 17, as Francesco Bonsignori
• Hans-Joachim Eberhardt, "Nuovi Studi su Domenico Morone, Girolamo dai Libri e Liberale", Miniatura Veronese del Rinascimento, ed. Gino Castiglioni, Museo del Castelvecchio (Verona, Italy, 1986), pp. 103-151, pp. 113 and 116, and 146 (n. 14), repr. p. 116, fig. IV.17
• Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 118 ("Cartella con una stella nera")
• Diana Gisolfi, Paolo Veronese and the Practice of Painting in Late Renaissance Venice, Yale University Press (New Haven, 2017), pp. 28-29, fig. 38a (recto), fig. 38b (verso)

Exhibition History

• Prints and Drawings of the Quattrocento, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 07/03/1981 - 08/31/1981

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