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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.159
People
Copy after Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian (Caprese, Italy 1475 - 1564 Rome, Italy)
Title
Seated Male Nude
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298990

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, black chalk, brown wash and white gouache on off-white antique laid paper, toned overall with a pale brown wash
Dimensions
15.9 × 11.5 cm (6 1/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: lower left: [difficult to decipher]
  • watermark: Watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen. Beta required.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Uidentified collector. Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
1932.159
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 128, p. 76
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 119 ("Cartella con tre stelle nere")

Verification Level

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