Harvard Art Museums > 1998.203: Study of Architecture for Baptism of Constantine 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"Study of Architecture for Baptism of Constantine (School of Giulio Romano) , 1998.203,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/312299. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1998.203 People School of Giulio Romano, Italian (Rome 1499? - 1546 Mantua) Title Study of Architecture for Baptism of Constantine Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 16th century Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/312299 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown ink and brown wash, with red and black chalks, heightened with white gouache (oxidized to black) on off-white antique laid paper, pricked and incised for transfer Dimensions 31.4 × 27.4 cm (12 3/8 × 10 13/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: center top, above central niche, brown ink, Italian: nota che questo [two illegible words] inscription: u.l. [apparently a continuation of the inscription at center top], brown ink, Italian: perche el fuso dela colonia e tropo lug[n]o 1/2 test [translation: because the shaft of the column is 1/2 head too long [Cammy Brothers, 1/99]] 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 1998.203 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 Christoph Luitpold Frommel and Stefano Ray, Raffaello architetto, exh. cat., Electa Editrice (Milan, Italy, 1984), no. 3.4.7, p. 436, repr. fig. 3.4.7 as Workshop of Giulio Romano Konrad Oberhuber and Sylvia Ferino Pagden, Fürstenhöfe der Renaissance: Giulio Romano und die Klassiche Tradition, exh. cat., Kunsthistorisches Museum/Graphischen Sammlung Albertina (Vienna, Austria, 1989), no. I/39, n.p., as Giulio Romano Ernst Gombrich, Giulio Romano, exh. cat., Electa (Milan, Italy, 1989), pp. 302-303 as Giulio Romano (?) 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 Janet Cox-Rearick and Richard Aste, Giulio Romano: Master Designer: An Exhibition of Drawings in Celebration of the Five Hundreth Anniversary of his Birth, exh. cat., ed. Janet Cox-Rearick, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery (New York, NY, 1999), cat. no. 4, pp. 40-41, repr., and pp. 17, 21, 24 Exhibition History Giulio Romano: Master Designer, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, New York, 09/16/1999 - 11/27/1999 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
