1998.206: Interior Elevation of Ornamental Wall Design with Two Windows and Fireplace

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1998.206

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Interior Elevation of Ornamental Wall Design with Two Windows and Fireplace

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/312430

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash over graphite with traces of red chalk (?) on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

18.6 × 26.4 cm (7 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: Faint. Appears to be two crossed arrow quills.

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

1998.206

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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