Harvard Art Museums > 1979.41: Head of a Bearded Man Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Head of a Bearded Man (Battista Franco) , 1979.41,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/295550. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1979.41 People Battista Franco, Italian (Venice (?) 1493 - 1566 Venice) Title Head of a Bearded Man Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 16th century Places Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/295550 Physical Descriptions Medium Black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall on cream antique laid decorative mount Dimensions 12 × 9.2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks collector's mark: u.r., brown ink, stamped: L. 2949 and L.s. 2949 (Comte de la Croix?) collector's mark: l.r. over the mark of Peter Lely, black ink, stamped: L. 2364 (Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723-1792) inscription: bottom center, brown ink: Ba Franco inscription: on old mount, brown ink: Battista Franco fecit / - Venice - / 1498 - 1561 - / Studied under M. A. Buonarotti / -- / Formerly in the possession of / Sir joshua Reynolds PRA / -- W. Morley - / Sept. 1834 - collector's mark: l.r. under the mark of Sir Joshua Reynolds, black ink, stamped: L. 2093 (Peter Lely) watermark: No watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen, 3/8/2002. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Comte de la Croix(?) (L. 2949, with his mark). Sir Peter Lely, London, England (L. 2093 with his mark). Joshua Reynolds, London, England (L. 2364 with his mark). William Morley, London, England ( L. 1826a; Morley's inscription is present on the old mount). Mrs Robert Frank, sold; [P. & D. Colnaghi, & Co. Ltd., London, England 1962], sold; to Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1979. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer Accession Year 1979 Object Number 1979.41 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Eunice Williams, Master Drawings and Watercolors: The Hofer Collection, exh. cat., ed. Konrad Oberhuber and William W. Robinson, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1984), cat. no. 5, pp. 18-19, repr. pl. 5 Exhibition History Master Drawings and Watercolors: The Hofer Collection, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, 04/15/1984 - 07/07/1984; Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/05/1984 - 11/29/1984 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
