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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1983.129
People
Attributed to Dosso Dossi, Italian (Mirandola, Italy c. 1486 - 1542 Ferrara, Italy)
Title
Saint John the Baptist
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
15th-16th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295180

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash, black chalk and white gouache on cream antique laid paper prepared with a pink wash
Dimensions
24 x 18.7 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Lower left, graphite: 25000 (?).
    Verso, black ink: 8 / Dosso.
    Verso, graphite: Florenz / 30 / IX 23 / 181025 / UXX; red crayon: 40
  • watermark: No watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen, 3/8/2002.
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right: L.s. 788B (Dr. Ludwig Pollak)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. Ludwig Pollak (L. 788b)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Ian Woodner
Accession Year
1983
Object Number
1983.129
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Margarete Merkel Guldan, Die Tagebücher von Ludwig Pollak, Kennerschaft und Kunsthandel in Rom 1893-1934, Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Vienna, 1988), p. 235 note 109
  • Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under Lugt 788b

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