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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.216
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Study for an Altar Frame; verso: Altar Designs in Honor of Saint Bernardino
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1540
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Siena
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/312279

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash, black and red chalks on off-white antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
Dimensions
40.9 × 28.3 cm (16 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: turtle/octopus (?)
  • inscription: l.l. vertically from top to bottom, brown ink, Italian: Tutta l'altezza braccia 20 [translation: The entire height 20 braccia [translation by Cammy Brothers, Ph.D. candidate, Art History and Architecture Department, 1/99]]
  • inscription: l.l. along bottom edge, brown ink, Italian: Inngezza Braccia [indeterminable] 9 [translation: Length 9 braccia [translation by Cammy Brothers, Ph.D. candidate, Art History and Architecture Department, 1/99]]
  • inscription: center, running upwards, brown ink, Italian: Braccia 12
  • inscription: l.l., along top of altar, brown ink, Italian: Braccia 0 [or 6]
  • inscription: l.r., along right edge of framework running from bottom to top, brown ink, Italian: Braccia 2 [and] Braccia 17
  • inscription: l.r. corner, brown innk, Italian: [indecipherable]
  • inscription: verso, u.l., brown ink, Italian: ...il disegnio per...non so [?] quella che...seguito non ne speraro se non bene piacendo a.s.l. Dio [text is very hard to read] [translation: the drawing for...I do not know which...executed, I did not hope if not much pleasing to... [translation by Cammy Brothers, Ph.D. candidate, Art History and Architecture Department, 1/99]]
  • inscription: verso, l.l., running from top to bottom, brown ink, Italian: Braccia 8
  • inscription: verso, l.l., running from top to bottom, brown ink, Italian: B 6

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
1998.216
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

Verification Level

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