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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2000.302
People
Sisto Badalocchio, Italian (Parma, Italy 1585 - 1647 Ordogno, Italy)
Previously attributed to Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian (Parma, Italy 1582 - 1647 Rome, Italy)
Title
Erminia and the Shepherds
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1615
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Emilia, Parma
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/176666

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk heightened with white on faded blue antique laid paper
Dimensions
26.2 x 34.7 cm (10 5/16 x 13 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: Difficult to discern. Appears to be an encircled cross surmounted by E or F.
  • inscription: verso, l.r., black chalk: 6 [?]
  • inscription: l.l., black chalk: Guido [?]
  • inscription: u.l. edge, brown ink: þ. n[or possibly "r"]ig=

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lamberto (1730-1801) Gori, Florence, Italy. His number top left. Abromson & Co. Nissman, Brookline, MA, Gift to HUAM, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Joan Nissman and Morton Abromson
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
2000.302
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Joan Nissman and Morton C. Abromson, Master Drawings 1500-1900, exh. cat., Nissman, Abromson, Ltd. (Brookline, MA, 1992), cat. no. 17, repr. in color as Giovanni Lanfranco [see remarks]
  • Andrea Czére, "Contribution à l'Art de Dessin de Sisto Badalocchio", Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts a Szépmüvészeti Múzeum Közleményei... (Budapest, Hungary, 1995), no. 83, pp. 69-81, p. 72, repr. fig. 59
  • Francesco Gavioli, Per un Disegno Ritrovato di Sisto Badalocchio Presso la Royal Collection di Windsor Castle, Taccuini d'Arte: Rivista di Arte e Storia del Territorio di Modena e Reggio Emilia (2016), No. 9, pp. 58-65, pp. 58, 63, repr. p. 58 (detail) and p. 63 as fig. 6

Exhibition History

  • Master Drawings 1500-1900, Nissman, Abromson, Ltd., Brookline, 01/10/1992 - 01/25/1992

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