1938.53: Copy after an Antique Bas-Relief of Three Women Representing the Seasons of Autumn, Winter and Spring

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1938.53

People

School of Raphael, Italian (Urbino, Italy 1483 - 1520 Rome, Italy)

Title

Copy after an Antique Bas-Relief of Three Women Representing the Seasons of Autumn, Winter and Spring

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298688

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

19.6 × 23.2 cm (7 11/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: No watermark was observed when examined by Craigen Bowen, 5/18/2004.
• collector's mark: l.l., black ink: L. 2092
• inscription: u.l. above the head of the left figure, brown ink: autun
• inscription: top center, above the head of trhe center figure, brown ink: hiems
• inscription: u.r. above the head of the left figure, brown ink: ver

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Peter Lely (Lugt 2092). Knowles. Therese Kuhn Straus (Mrs. Herbert N. Straus), New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Herbert N. Straus

Accession Year

1938

Object Number

1938.53

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 155, pp. 88-89; vol. 2, repr. fig. 87

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