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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.90.27
People
Walter Sickert, British (Munich, Germany 1860 - 1942 Bathampton, Somerset, England)
Title
Equestrian Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni, Venice
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1900
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/317658

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and graphite, squared in brown ink, on brown wove paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 16.2 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto of mount, lower left, graphite: Walter R. Sickert. / The Colleoni Statue, Venice.
  • inscription: verso of mount, lower right, graphite: 239. F. in basement / 78175
  • label: formerly back of frame, black ink: Lot 13 in Christie's sale of 11th Nov. / 1958 - bought through Agnews for / 38 gns + 10% / Collection Mrs [?] Grace Wheatley RWS / The Colleoni Monument, The / Ospedale Venice / sketch for an oil Painting / Pen Ink & Pencil / labels lost in unframing.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly Mrs. John (Grace) Wheatley, c. 1900; [her sale, Christie's, London, 11 November 1958, lot 13], sold; to [Agnews, London]. Private collection. [Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupré, Calne, Wiltshire], sold; to Patricia Cornwell, 17 September 2006, gift; to Harvard Art Museum, 2009

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Copyright
© Estate of Walter Richard Sickert / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.90.27
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Wendy Baron, Sickert Paintings and Drawings, Yale University Press (New Haven and London, 2006), probably no. 159.1

Verification Level

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