1932.261: Saint Ambrose and Saint Luke

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1932.261

People

Copy after Correggio (Antonio Allegri), Italian (Correggio, Italy c. 1489 - 1534 Correggio, Italy)

Title

Saint Ambrose and Saint Luke

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Emilia

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298956

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

22.5 × 29.3 cm (8 7/8 × 11 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower right, ink: Correggio
• watermark: IHS (Briquet 9465)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Lagoy. Thomas Lawrence, London (Lugt 2445). William Mayor, London (Lugt 2799). 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

1932.261

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. 79, pp. 59-60
• Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 121 ("Cartella con quattro stelle rosse")
• Mary Vaccaro, "Les dessins d'après Corrège. Trois nouvelles attributions à Bernardino Gatti", Revue du Louvre: La Revue des Musées de France, LXIII, 4, pp. 46-55, October 2013, p. 46; repr. in color as fig. 4 on p. 49

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