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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.382
People
Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, Italian (Milan, Italy 1548 - 1608 Milan, Italy)
Previously attributed to Giovanni Francesco Rustici, Italian (Florence, Italy 1474 - 1554 Tours, France)
Title
Centaurs and Horsemen Fighting (recto and verso)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lombardy, Milan
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298573

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink over red chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink and wash
Dimensions
28.2 × 21.2 cm (11 1/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.r., brown ink: M. F. ne. 4

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, 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
1932.382
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker, and Hans Vollmer, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, E.A. Seemann Verlag (Leipzig, 1907-1950), vol. 29, p. 235
  • Charles A. Loeser, "Gianfrancesco Rustici", The Burlington Magazine (June, 1928), vol. 52, no. 303, pp. 260-73, pp. 271-72, repr. pl. IV recto and verso
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 571, pp. 301-2, repr. figs 288 (r.) and 289 (v.) as School of Fontainebleau
  • Laura Camins, Glorious Horsemen: Equestrian Art in Europe, 1500-1800, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield (Springfield, MA, 1981), cat. no. 28, p. 88, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Unidentified Exhibition, Davison Art Center, 1957, Davison Art Center, Middletown, 01/14/1957 - 02/07/1957
  • Glorious Horsemen: Equestrian Art in Europe, 1500-1800, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Springfield, 09/27/1981 - 11/29/1981; Speed Memorial Museum, Louisville, KY, 01/11/1982 - 02/28/1982

Verification Level

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