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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.187.103
People
Attributed to Pirro Ligorio, Italian (Naples, Italy c. 1500 - 1583 Ferrara, Italy)
Title
Two Women and a Child with an Urn and Lamb; verso: Decorative Frieze
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/47837

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on cream antique laid paper (recto and verso)
Dimensions
25.8 x 18 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: fleur-de-lys in circle
  • inscription: graphite, lower left: Roman School
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: 2--
  • stamp: [red stamp applied at bottom and lower left on verso: the one in the middle obscures a stamp from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (M.F.A.); the one at the lower left is probably stamped over the MFA's accession number]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Louis W. Black; gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1956

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Louis W. Black
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
1956.187.103
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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