1998.202: Tomb Design (recto and verso)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1998.202

People

Circle of Perino del Vaga, Italian (Florence, Italy 1501 - 1547 Rome, Italy)

Title

Tomb Design (recto and verso)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1540

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/312108

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink

Dimensions

actual: 40.9 x 11.4 cm (16 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: dagger (?) in circle (similar to Briquet 8390, 8391 and 8392)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

H. (?) N. Baron von Slingelandt.
H. (?) Bosch Reitz, Laren, Netherkands (?), 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, 1980, sold to HUAM, 1998. placed on long-term loan with Fogg Art Museum in 1980

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

1998.202

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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