2018.363: Saints Prosdocimus, Justina, Daniel, and Anthony of Padua in Glory with a View of the Prato della Valle, Padua

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2018.363

People

Pietro Damini, Italian (Castelfranco, Italy 1592 - 1630 Padua, Italy)
Previously attributed to Paris Bordone, Italian (Treviso, Italy 1500 - 1571 Venice, Italy)

Title

Saints Prosdocimus, Justina, Daniel, and Anthony of Padua in Glory with a View of the Prato della Valle, Padua

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1617-1619

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/5265

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on copper

Dimensions

27.5 × 35 cm (10 13/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
frame: 36.5 x 44.5 x 2.9 cm (14 3/8 x 17 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: on back of panel, in yellow paint: Scuola di / Paolo Veronese / No. 3
• inscription: on back of panel, stencilled in black: KT218
• inscription: on back of panel, in white chalk or paint: 21 / 20
• inscription: on back of panel, handwritten in black ink: Paris Bordone / No. 138
• inscription: on back of panel, in red paint: S.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Elie di Borbone-Parma (1880-1959), Vienna. Maria-Cristina Borbone Parma (1925-2009), Vienna. Private Collector. [Christie's, London, lot 21, July 20, 1990], sold; to Masoud Rajee. [Sotheby's, New York, October 17, 1997, lot withdrawn]. [Sotheby's, New York, January 27, 2006, lot not sold]. Private Collection.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Darcy Bradbury '78, Jonathan Kagan '78, and Eric Seiler '78

Accession Year

2018

Object Number

2018.363

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Old Master and British Pictures, auct. cat. (London, July 20, 1990), p. 23, lot 21, repr.
• Davide Banzato and Pier Luigi Fantelli, Pietro Damini 1592-1631: Pittura e Controriforma, exh. cat., Electa (Milan, Italy, 1993), no. 16, pp. 122-123, repr. in b/w
• Old Master Paintings, auct. cat., Sotheby's, New York (New York, October 17, 1997), p. 62, lot 87, repr.
• Old Master Paintings including European Works of Art, auct. cat., Sotheby's, New York (New York, January 27, 2006), p. 127, lot 290, repr.

Exhibition History

• Pietro Damini 1592-1631: Pittura e Controriforma, Palazzo della Ragione, Padua, 05/15/1993 - 09/30/1993
• Future Minded: New Works in the Collection, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/01/2024 - 07/21/2024

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