1994.136: Study for an Apostle in an Assumption

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1994.136

People

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

Title

Study for an Apostle in an Assumption

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

15th-16th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Emilia

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/311975

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

14.3 × 13.6 cm (5 5/8 × 5 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Recto, brown ink, upper right: X; verso, graphite, lower edge: Figure in Cupola decorations / at Parma by Coreggio; upper edge: +; brown ink, paraph: 8/A
• watermark: No watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen, 3/8/2002.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Unidentified collector. [Sotheby's, New York, 1980, no. 89] sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of an Anonymous Donor

Accession Year

1994

Object Number

1994.136

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Mario di Giampaolo and Andrea Muzzi, Correggio: I disegni, Umberto Allemandi & C. (Milan, 1989), repr. color, cat. no. 75, n.p.
• Dr. Carmen Bambach and Hugo Chapman, Correggio and Parmigianino: Master Draughtsmen of the Renaissance, exh. cat., British Museum Press (London, England, 2000), p. 29 and under cat. no. 27, p. 68
• Mario di Giampaolo, Correggio, disegnatore, Silvana Editoriale (Milan, 2001), cat. no. 5, p. 24; color repr., p. 25

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