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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.15
People
Luca Cambiaso, Italian (Moneglia, Genoa, Italy 1527 - 1585 Madrid, Spain)
Title
Diana
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/369364

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
27.3 × 22.9 cm (10 3/4 × 9 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: stamp, lower left: GS [Germain Seligman; Lugt 3863]
  • watermark: circle with eagle (?) / GM

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Henri de Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle (1871-1953), Paris, probably by descent; to his heirs. [1] Mr. and Mrs. Germain Seligman (Lugt 3863), by 1967. [2] Anne Helburn Straus, New York, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums

Notes
[1] See "A Newly Discovered Drawing by Bronzino for the Chapel of Eleonora di Toledo," Master Drawings, Vol. 52, No. 4, Winter 2014, Carmen C. Bambach, p. 423. The Henri de Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle collection was passed on to his heirs and works have been sold at various times.

[2] Per 1967 exhibition catalogue for "Drawings of Luca Cambiaso" at the Finch College Museum of Art, the drawing was lent from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Germain Seligman.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Anne Helburn Straus
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.15
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Robert L. Manning, Drawings of Luca Cambiaso, exh. cat., Finch College Museum of Art (New York, 1967), cat. no. 15, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Drawings of Luca Cambiaso, Finch College Museum of Art, 11/22/1967 - 01/21/1967

Verification Level

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