Harvard Art Museums > 1959.160: An Allegorical Group Representing Astronomy 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"An Allegorical Group Representing Astronomy (Francesco Primaticcio) , 1959.160,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 12, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/296799. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1959.160 People Francesco Primaticcio, Italian (Bologna, Italy c. 1504 - 1570 Paris, France) Title An Allegorical Group Representing Astronomy Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 16th century Places Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Northern Italy Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/296799 Physical Descriptions Medium Red chalk and white gouache on sanguine-toned cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream antique laid paper Dimensions 13.5 x 22 cm (5 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks collector's mark: lower right, stamp, blue ink: JD [Jules-Alexandre Duval le Camus, Lugt 1441] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Jules-Alexandre Duval le Camus, Paris, (Lugt 1441). [Alphonse Kann, Paris], sold 1922; to Paul J. Sachs, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1959 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs Accession Year 1959 Object Number 1959.160 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 Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 149, p. 85; vol. 2, repr. fig. 285 Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), cat. no. 14, n.p., repr. Konrad Oberhuber, European Master Drawings of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, exh. cat., National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo, 1979), cat. no. 16, n.p., pl. 16, repr. Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 264, p. 226, repr. Agnes Mongan, Konrad Oberhuber, and Jonathan Bober, The Famous Italian Drawings at the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Silvana Editoriale (Milan, Italy, 1988), cat. no. 34, n.p., and p. 36, repr. color Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 1441 Exhibition History Unidentified Exhibition, Faunce House, Brown University, 1933, Faunce House, Brown University, 01/01/1933 - 12/31/1933 Pontormo to Greco: The Age of Mannerism, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, 02/14/1954 - 03/28/1954 Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965] Given and Bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/15/1965 - 01/15/1966; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 12/19/1966 - 02/26/1967 European Master Drawing of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11/03/1979 - 12/16/1979 The Heavenly Twins: Edward W. Forbes, Paul J. Sachs and the Building of a Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/23/1995 - 12/17/1995 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
