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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1944.39
People
Unidentified Artist
Possible attribution to style of Diego de Siloe, Spanish (c. 1495 - 1563)
Previously given to Alonso Berruguete, Spanish (Paredes de Nava, Spain c. 1480 - 1561 Toledo, Spain)
Title
Saint John and the Virgin
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, relief
Date
16th century
Culture
Spanish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229391

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Carved ivory
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
sight: 13.8 x 8.8 x 3 cm (5 7/16 x 3 7/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: backing, ink, typewritten and handwritten: [typewritten in black:] No. 79. A painting engraved in alto- / relievo, on ivory. It represents St. / John and the Virgin. This precious / artistic gem was made at the beginning / of the 16th century by the famous / sculptor Berruguete, and measures / [ ] 9 centimetres. [handwritten in blue ink:] l.r. 21.34

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Arthur Lincoln (Serafina Loring), Spain, By descent to her daughter, Serita Bartlett.
Serita L. Bartlett, Beverly Farms, MA, From her mother, Serafina Loring Lincoln, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1944.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Serita L. Bartlett in memory of her mother, Serafina Loring, wife of Arthur Lincoln, Class of 1863
Accession Year
1944
Object Number
1944.39
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Suzanne L. Stratton, Spanish Polychrome Sculpture 1500-1800 in United States Collections, Spanish Institute (New York, NY, 1993), p. 165, repr.

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