1998.190: Design for an Altar Frame

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1998.190

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Design for an Altar Frame

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th-17th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/312020

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash and graphite (?) on off-white antique laid paper

Dimensions

actual: 41.4 x 16.7 cm (16 5/16 x 6 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, along top edge, brown ink, Italian: Only a fragment of the description survives. Mostly illegible. Begins "marmo scarpellino..." and ends with "1600 in Lucca."

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

1998.190

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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