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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.392
People
Matthew J. Whipple, American (active 19th c.)
After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), Italian (Cento, Italy 1591 - 1666 Bologna, Italy)
Title
Old Man with Globe and Compass, after Guercino
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305899

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
mount: 35.5 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
actual: 26.5 x 24.9 cm (10 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.r. of mount, graphite: 452
  • inscription: cut from old mount, glued to new mount, graphite: Copy from Guercino / M.G.W. fecit
  • inscription: mount, under edge of drawing, graphite: 582

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year
1898
Object Number
1898.392
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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