Seated Male Nude | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1932.159
People: Copy after Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian (Caprese, Italy 1475 - 1564 Rome, Italy)
Title: Seated Male Nude
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 16th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298990

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, black chalk, brown wash and white gouache on off-white antique laid paper, toned overall with a pale brown wash

Dimensions

15.9 × 11.5 cm (6 1/4 × 4 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

collector's mark: lower left: [difficult to decipher]
watermark: Watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen. Beta required.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Uidentified collector. 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: 1932.159
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), vol. 1, cat. no. 128, p. 76
Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 119 ("Cartella con tre stelle nere")

Verification Level

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