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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1946.35.9
People
Frederic Leighton, British (Scarborough England 1830 - 1896 London England)
Title
Shield in the Bargello; verso: blank page
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
19th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/47672

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Metalpoint on prepared paper
Dimensions
12.3 x 7.2 cm (4 13/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, upper right, metalpoint, in artist's hand: gold on blue / Bargello

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Geoffrey Steele's Bookshop, Mahopac, NY], sold; to Fogg Art Museum1946.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
Accession Year
1946
Object Number
1946.35.9
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Leighton made studies of sculpture at the National Museum of the Bargello in Florence (drawings in Leighton House, London). This sketch is related to a wooden shield covered with fish skin and decorated with ears of corn and crosses in the Bargello Museum. The shield is described as "Targone di casa Del Pannocchia-Riccomanni, Toscana, fine sec. XIV-XV" (Large plaque of the Del Pannocchia - Riccomanni house, Tuscany, end of the 14th-15th century). We are grateful to Maria Grazia Vaccari at the Bargello Museum for her help with the identification.

Publication History

  • Valeria Cocchetti, Il "Targone Del Pannocchia-Riccomanni" conservato al Bargello di Firenze: Tecnica e restauro, Kermes, Casa Editrice (2017), no. 99, pp. 29-36

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