Saint Peter | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M9789
People: Domenico Beccafumi, Italian (Cortine in Valdibiena Montaperti, Italy 1486 - 1551 Siena, Italy)
Title: Saint Peter
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 16th century
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/257624

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in tan and two shades of gray

Technique

Chiaroscuro woodcut

Dimensions

sheet: 41 x 21.1 cm (16 1/8 x 8 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower left, brown ink, hand written: attribution: Du Beccafumi

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Mariette, Collector. The signature -- last name only -- has a capital M, which is uncharacteristic of the signature of Pierre Mariette. It is followed not by a date but by a number: 172.
Friedrich August II, (971), Collector.
W. G. Russell Allen, Esq., Collector.
Horace M. Swope, Collector.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: B. 14

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Horace M. Swope, Class of 1905
Accession Year: 1940
Object Number: M9789
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Naoko Takahatake, The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books Prestel (Los Angeles, 2018), p. 183, note 4

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M9789: Saint Peter