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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.264
People
Attributed to Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italian (Caravaggio, near Bergamo, Italy c. 1499 - 1543 Messina, Italy)
Title
Entombment of Christ
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/329940

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash, and white gouache over traces of black chalk on light tan antique laid paper
Dimensions
22 x 19.4 cm (8 11/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, upper right, black ink: H (at an angle in a square)/ Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston (not in Lugt)
  • collector's mark: bottom right and verso, red ink: L. 3400 (Wolfhart F. Burgi)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Colnaghi, New York, May 1984; Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston; gift to Harvard Art Museum, 2008

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.264
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Linda Wolk-Simon, Italian Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Jeffrey E. Horvitz, exh. cat., University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, 1991), no. 2, 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

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