1998.57: The Order of Penitents, known as the Sacconi, in Procession from the via Crucis del Colosseo to San Adriano
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1998.57
- People
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Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian (Rome, Italy 1781 - 1835 Rome, Italy)
- Title
- The Order of Penitents, known as the Sacconi, in Procession from the via Crucis del Colosseo to San Adriano
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- c.1820
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/211346
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Watercolor, black ink and graphite on cream wove paper, mounted to brown paper
- Dimensions
- 20.7 x 25.8 cm (8 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: black ink, lower right: Pinelli fece. 1816 Roma
- inscription: lower right, black ink, Italian, signed, in artist's hand: Pinelli fece. 1816 Roma
- inscription: old mount, lower edge, black ink, Italian, in artist's hand: Costumi dei Penitenti, detti, Sacconi, sono pure così vestiti quelli che portano li morti nelle Chiese, avendo invece di questi le scarpe ai piedi. [=Costumes of the Penitents, called the Sacconi, also dressed this way are the ones who bring the dead into the churches are dressed this way, but having instead shoes on their feet. ]
- inscription: back of old mount, graphite: Per n. 5
- label: verso of old frame, printed adhesive label with black ink inscriptions: Christie's / Stock # K5484 / Line # 37 / Dept: OMD. Barcode [on a second sticker fixed to the label] 03275948
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 1998.57
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings from 1480 to 1940, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/25/2000 - 07/02/2000
Verification Level
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