1946.35.53: Inscription; verso: Architectural Profile and Inscription

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1946.35.53

People

Frederic Leighton, British (Scarborough England 1830 - 1896 London England)

Title

Inscription; verso: Architectural Profile and Inscription

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook page, drawing

Date

19th century

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/30716

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Metalpoint on prepared paper

Dimensions

12.3 x 7.2 cm (4 13/16 x 2 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: recto, metalpoint, in artist's hand: Naples museum / Holy family Parmigianino / tempera [--] is / [--] to be [crossed out] painted or / unprimed [--] / [--] / Jesus under p same way / --varnished & painted in oil / Titian layer under ptg / Paul III, with [--] hangs high / opposite light is [--] / thickly over with yel. varnish / and eludes examination / [--] in that [--]. / unprimed and sized
• inscription: verso, metalpoint, artist's hand: acad. Ven. / Paris lamp [--] / [--] / [--] charette colors [sic] / Brandon Hébert / [--]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Geoffrey Steele's Bookshop, Mahopac, NY, sold to Fogg, 1946.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund

Accession Year

1946

Object Number

1946.35.53

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Commentary

Inscriptions refer to: Parmigianino (1503-1540), Titian (1485-90-1576; "Portrait of Pope Paul III without a Cap," 1543, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples), and the Accademia in Venice.

Related Works

• 1946.35.1-62

  Frederic Leighton

  Sketchbook

  Drawings

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