Harvard Art Museums > 1994.153: The Birth of the Virgin Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Birth of the Virgin (Benedetto Caliari) , 1994.153,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/312190. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1994.153 People Benedetto Caliari, Italian (Verona, Italy 1538 - 1598 Venice, Italy) Title The Birth of the Virgin Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 16th century Places Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/312190 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown-gray ink, gray wash, white gouache over black chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down overall to off-white antique laid paper Dimensions 19 x 53.9 cm (7 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: lower right edge, brown ink inscription: lower right, brown ink: nella scuola de Mercanti di Benedetto Calliari fratello de Paolo Ver-se-. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Zaccaria Sagredo, Venice; his nephew, Gherardo Sagredo, Venice, by descent. Sold in Lyon, c. 1919; to private collector; his great nephew, sold [Christie’s, Monaco, July 2, 1993, lot 23, repr.]; to Vermeer Associates] sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, sold; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1994 Drawing was on long-term loan to the Fogg, 1993-94. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of an Anonymous Donor Accession Year 1994 Object Number 1994.153 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Dessins de Maître Anciens, auct. cat., Christie's, Monaco (Monte Carlo, Monaco, June 1993-July 1993), lot no. 23 and fig. 1, p. 37; also repr. no. 23, n.p. W.R. Rearick, "More Veronese Drawings from the Sagredo Collection", Master Drawings (Summer 1995), vol. XXXIII, no. 2, pp. 132-143, pp. 133, 135; fig. 1, p. 133 W.R. Rearick, Il disegno veneziano del Cinquecento, Electa (Milan, Italy, 2001), pp. 179 and 230 (n. 270), repr. p. 179, fig. 92 Virginia Brilliant and Frederick Ilchman, ed., Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice, exh. cat., John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (Sarasota, 2012), p. 267, cat. no. 25, pp. 146, 207, repr. p. 146 Exhibition History Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 12/07/2012 - 04/14/2013 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
