Harvard Art Museums > 1959.29: Saturn Devouring One of His Children 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"Saturn Devouring One of His Children (Polidoro da Caravaggio) , 1959.29,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 28, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/297054. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1959.29 People Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italian (Caravaggio, near Bergamo, Italy c. 1499 - 1543 Messina, Italy) Title Saturn Devouring One of His Children Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 16th century Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/297054 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown ink and brown wash with traces of black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on four pieces of blue antique laid paper, laid down to thick cream antique laid paper (the mount of the collector John Skippe) Dimensions 27.3 x 13.6 cm (10 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks collector's mark: bottom center and lower right, black ink, stamped: L. 2108 inscription: l.r., brown ink: Polidoro [appears to be written over another inscription] inscription: within the framing lines of the mount, graphite: Polidoro inscription: below the bottom framing line of the mount, graphite: Polidoro CALDARA DA CARAVAGGIO [inscription is extremely faint] inscription: l.l. of mount, graphite: Fogg inscription: l.r. of mount, graphite: 43 [underlined] inscription: l.r. of mount, graphite: 160 [underlined and within a circle] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Peter (d. 1718) Sylvester, London, England (L. 2108). John Skippe, London, England sold [through his sale, Christie's, London, November 20-21, 1958]; to [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London], sold; to Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Cunningham, 1959, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1959. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Cunningham Accession Year 1959 Object Number 1959.29 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 Drawings and Prints of the First Maniera 1515-1535, exh. cat., Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art (Providence, RI, 1973), cat. no. 49, repr. Dessins italiens du musée Condé à Chantilly: II. Raphaël et son cercle, exh. cat., Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Paris, France, 1997), under no. 31, p. 109 Exhibition History Drawings and Prints of the First Maniera 1515-1535, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 02/22/1973 - 03/25/1973 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
