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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.194
People
Copy after Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian (Caprese, Italy 1475 - 1564 Rome, Italy)
Title
Design for a Window Frame; verso: Study of an Arm
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/312021

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
Dimensions
39.6 × 25.7 cm (15 9/16 × 10 1/8 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
1998.194
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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
  • Claudia Echinger-Maurach, Zu Michelangelos übereinandergeschichteten Architekturentwürfen: ein Phänomen seines Spätstils?, Michelangelo e il linguaggio dei disegni di architettura, Marsilio Editore (Venice, Italy, 2012), pp. 68-83, pp. 68, 73, 81, reproduced Abb. 5

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