Harvard Art Museums > 1998.223: The Penitent Magdalene 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 Penitent Magdalene (Giovanni Battista Tiepolo) , 1998.223,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/312283. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1998.223 People Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian (Venice, Italy 1696 - 1770 Madrid, Spain) Title The Penitent Magdalene Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 18th century Places Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/312283 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper Dimensions 43 x 29.8 cm (16 15/16 x 11 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: upper right, graphite: 75 [Orloff number] collector's mark: l.r. corner: Jean Cailleux's collector's mark Provenance Recorded Ownership History Gregory Vladimirovitch Orloff (1777-1826) (1); Prince Alexis Orloff, by descent; his sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 29-30 April 1920, lot 111 (2); Jean Cailleux, Paris (his mark, lower right); Jeffrey Horvitz, Beverly Farms, MA, sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, 1995, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998, inv. no. 1998.223 (3) Notes (1) It is believed that the album was the purchase of Gregory Vladimirovitch Orloff. (2) This is the famous auction known as the "Orloff sale," a two-day dispersal in Paris of the late Prince Alexis Orloff's art collection. (3) The drawing was placed on long-term loan with HUAM in 1995. 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 memory of Lore Heinemann and in honor of Eugene V. Thaw Accession Year 1998 Object Number 1998.223 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 Catalogue des Tableaux Anciens, auct. cat., Galerie Georges Petit (Paris, France, April 29, 1920 - April 30, 1920), cat. no. 111, repr. George Knox, "The Orloff Album of Tiepolo Drawings", The Burlington Magazine (1961), vol. CIII, 1961, pp. 269-275, pp. 273, 275 Linda Wolk-Simon, Italian Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Jeffrey E. Horvitz, exh. cat., University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, 1991), cat. no. 28, repr. James Cuno, ed., Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report, 1998-99, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 2000), p. 26, repr. Exhibition History Italian Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainsville, 07/12/1991 - 09/08/1991; Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, 10/06/1991 - 11/17/1991; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 12/14/1991 - 02/16/1992; Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/15/1992 - 10/11/1992; Taft Museum, Cincinnati, 11/19/1992 - 01/10/1993; Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Montreal, 01/29/1993 - 03/21/1993 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
