God Supported by Cherubs | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1938.55
People: ? Giovanni Antonio Licinio, call Il Pordenone, Italian (Pordenone, Italy c. 1483 - 1539 Ferrara, Italy)
Title: God Supported by Cherubs
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 16th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Northern Italy
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298689

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk on blue-brown antique laid paper, lined with off-white wove paper

Dimensions

25.2 × 32.6 cm (9 15/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

watermark: crossbow (Briquet 767)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: 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: 1938.55
Division: European and American Art
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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. 148, p. 84

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