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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.144
People
Bernardo Strozzi, Italian (Genoa 1581 - 1644 Venice)
Title
Saint Paul
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379681

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on brown antique laid paper
Dimensions
19.4 × 17.7 cm (7 5/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper left, brown ink: dal tintoretto
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: Ps-no.27
  • inscription: verso, top, brown ink: 3 [?, Sagredo's hand?]
  • watermark: left : [circle]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Zaccaria Sagredo, Venice (Lugt 2103a), as part of an album by descent; to Gherardo Sagredo, Venice, his nephew; to Cecilia Grimani Sagredo, his wife, by descent; to her two daughters Catarina Barbarigo and Marina Sagredo Pisano, by descent; to Marina Sagredo Pisano's nieces Contarina and Cecelia Barbarigo; probably sold in a series of sales after 1743. Possibly Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, Lyon, by descent; to Baron de la Chapelle, Macon. Sold [through Christie's, Monaco, July 2, 1993, lot 41]. [W. M. Brady & Co., New York, 1994]. Private Collector, Switzerland, 1994. Sold [through Christie's, Paris, March 24, 2021, lot 14]. [Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund, through the generosity of David M. Leventhal, and Agnes Mongan Purchase Fund
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.144
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Mary Newcombe, "Oil Sketches and Drawings by Strozzi", Antichità viva, Casa Editrice Edam (Florence, 1993), vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 14-24, p. 22
  • Dessins de Maître Anciens, auct. cat., Christie's, Monaco (Monte Carlo, July 2, 1993), pp. 66-67, lot no. 41, repr. p. 67
  • Nathalie Strasser, Dessins Italiens de la Renaissance au siècle des lumières, collection Jean Bonna, Silvana Editoriale (Geneva, 2010), p. 260
  • Anna Orlando and Daniele Sanguineti, ed., Bernardo Strozzi, 1582-1644: La conquista del colore, exh. cat., Sagep Editori and Associazione Palazzo Lomellino di Strada Nuova (Genova, 2019), p. 368, repr. as fig. 13
  • Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours, including Works from the Collection of Jean Bonna, auct. cat., Christie's, London (London, July 2, 2019), p. 43, mentioned under lot 40
  • Master Drawings 2023, auct. cat., Stephen Ongpin (London, 2023), no. 10, repr.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/19/2023 - 02/01/2024

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