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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.412
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Continence of Scipio
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/372824

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on glass with transparent varnished silver and gold leaf (verre églomisé)
Technique
Verre églomisé
Dimensions
20.3 × 26 cm (8 × 10 1/4 in.)
framed: 27 × 32.5 cm (10 5/8 × 12 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grand Dukes of Baden, since 1881[1], gift; to Staatliche Kunsthalle zu Karlsruhle, by 1915 [2], traded; to Rudolf Durm, 1930 [3]. [Christie's, Amsterdam, November 20, 2012, lot 19], sold; to Otto Naumann, offered for sale [through Sotheby's, New York, January 31, 2018, lot 17], bought in; Otto Naumann and Heidi D. Shafranek, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Notes
[1] The panel was on loan to the Staatliche Kunsthalle zu Karlsruhle per correspondence with Dr. Tanja Banesch (2021).
[2] In the sixth edition (1910) of Katalog der Gemälde-Galerie: in amtlichem Auftrag, the works were still ducal property, but in the seventh edition (1915) they are no longer owned by the dukes. Per correspondence with Dr. Tanja Banesch (2021).
[3] The two panels were traded by the museum for two paintings by George Saal on December 5, 1930. Per correspondence with Dr. Tanja Banesch (2021).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Otto Naumann and Heidi D. Shafranek in honor of George S. Abrams, Harvard College ’54, Harvard Law ’57
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.412
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The 40th Anniversary Sale, auct. cat., Christie's, Amsterdam (Amsterdam, November 20, 2012), p. 32, lot 19, repr.
  • The Otto Naumann Sale, auct. cat., Sotheby's, New York (New York, January 31, 2018), pp. 72-75, lot no. 17

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