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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.192
People
Circle of Jan van der Straet, Netherlandish (Bruges, Belgium 1523 - 1605 Florence, Italy)
Title
Imaginary View of Florence
Other Titles
Former Title: Ideal City View with the Piazza della Signoria and the Uffizi
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
late 16th century
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/336324

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
148 x 114.3 x 10.2 cm (58 1/4 x 45 x 4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: formerly back of frame: [printed:] FRANCIS STONOR / Catalogued under / [inscribed:] Paintings / [printed:] Catalogue number: [inscribed:] 17
  • inscription: back of frame, black crayon(?), top: 9024
  • inscription: back of frame, white chalk, upper left: [illegible]
  • label: back of frame, graphite [on remnants of label or tape], right edge: 93/73
  • stamp: back of stretcher, top: 33 LB
  • inscription: back of stretcher, white chalk, top: G[?] J.M[?]
  • inscription: back of stretcher, white chalk, along vertical bar: [?] 29-45
  • label: back of frame, left side: [remnants of label with border, no text]
  • inscription: back of stretcher, white chalk, bottom: 787-26[?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[F. Howard, through Christie’s, London, 26 May 1944, lot 116] bought in. [F. Howard, through Christie’s, London, 20 June 1945, lot 121] bought in. [Francis Stonor, through Christie’s, London, 4 May 1956, lot 99] bought in. [Sotheby’s, London, 22 June 1960, lot 116]. [M. & C. Sestieri, Rome (by 1963) sold]; through John Maxon to Daniel P. S. Paul, Miami, Florida, (1963 - 2010) bequest; to Harvard Art Museum, 2010.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Dan Paul
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.192
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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