1998.204: Oculus Design

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1998.204

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Oculus Design

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1600

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lazio

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/299639

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on buff antique laid paper, squared in brown ink

Dimensions

actual: 18.7 x 13.5 cm (7 3/8 x 5 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

H. (?) N. Baron von Slingelandt. information from B. Weinreb
H. (?) Bosch Reitz, Laren, Netherlands (?), by descent from his great grandfather. Gt. Grandfather: H. (?) N. Baron von Slingelandt; information from B. Weinreb
B. Weinreb Limited, London, sold to Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., 1980. (Seiden & de Cuevas is now known as Vermeer Associates, Ltd)
Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., Brampton, Ontario, Canada, purchased from B. Weinreb Limited, London, 6, sold to HUAM, 1998.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of an anonymous donor and the Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Fund in honor of F. Gordon and Elizabeth Morrill

Accession Year

1998

Object Number

1998.204

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Lynda Fairbairn, Italian Renaissance Drawings from the Collection of Sir John Soane's Museum, Azimuth Editions Ltd. and Sir John Soane's Museum (London, 1998), p. 366

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