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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.187.281
People
Attributed to Pirro Ligorio, Italian (Naples, Italy c. 1500 - 1583 Ferrara, Italy)
Title
A Seated Woman and a Reclining Woman; verso: A Man, Woman, and Child
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/48379

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink over black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
Dimensions
25.1 x 19.5 cm (9 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: crown in circle [cut off]
  • inscription: verso, graphite, lower right: X at [or Xab?] / 300
  • stamp: [red stamp, mostly cut off, at lower right of mount; see 1956.187.103 and 1956.187.98 for other examples]

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
1956.187.281
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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