1998.61: Head of a Saint

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1998.61

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Head of a Saint

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Siena

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/209692

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

8.4 x 6.6 cm (3 5/16 x 2 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• stamp: slip of paper attached to verso, brown ink: SCIPIO
• inscription: old mat, graphite: St. Jerome.
  Sienese School
  (circa 1510)
  from the Reitlinger Collection
• label: back of old mount, black ink: Sienese Circle 1510
  From the Reitlinger Coll.
  See B.M. Drawings
• gallery label: verso of old mount, printed label, black ink: [bar code] 03276099 / Stock # K8484 / Line # 36 / Dept: OMD
  
• inscription: slip of paper attached to verso of old mount, brown ink, Italian, signed: [19th c. restorer?]: Ristaurata da servitori della Sig. Laura Spannecchi Anno 1865 a Firenza e sono Giovanni Innocenti
• inscription: verso of old mount, black ink: "Pseudo Pacchi"
  Bernice Davidson

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Reitlinger. From label on back of old mount
Bernice Davidson, New York, NY, Gift to HUAM, 1998.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernice Davidson

Accession Year

1998

Object Number

1998.61

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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