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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.243
People
Gaetano Gandolfi, Italian (Bologna, Italy 1734 - 1802 Bologna, Italy)
Title
Church of Sta. Maria Maddalena, Bologna
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1767
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Emilia, Bologna
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297786

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown and pink wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
31.8 x 21.3 cm (12 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: altra veduta della chiesa della Maddalena in Bologna in strada S. Donato dalla casa di Gaetano Gandolfi da lui medesimo dissegnata.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Benno Geiger, sale [Sotheby's, London, December 7-10, 1920, lot 121]. Charles A. Loeser, Florence, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
1932.243
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue of an Important and Extensive Collection of Old Master Drawings, the property of a gentleman living in Italy, auct. cat., Sotheby's, London (London, December 7-10, 1920), lot 121
  • Leo Planiczig and Hermann Voss, Handzeichnungen alter Meister aus der Sammlung dr. Benno Geiger, Amalthea-Verlag (Vienna, 1920), cat. no. 78, p. 24, pl. 78
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 316, p. 160; vol. 2, repr. fig. 155
  • Konrad Oberhuber, ed., Old Master Drawings: Selections from the Charles A. Loeser Bequest, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), cat. no. 41, pp. 94-95, 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. 76, n.p., and p. 71, repr. (color)
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 120 ("Cartella con tre stelle rosse")

Exhibition History

  • Bolognese Drawings in North American Collections, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 09/11/1981 - 11/08/1981

Verification Level

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