1932.213: Standing Figure of a Man; verso: Study of Legs in Buskins

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1932.213

People

Fabrizio Boschi, Italian, Florentine (Florence, Italy 1572 - 1642 Florence, Italy)
previously attributed to Giovanni da San Giovanni (Giovanni Mannozzi), Italian (1592 - 1636)

Title

Standing Figure of a Man; verso: Study of Legs in Buskins

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298690

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: red chalk

Dimensions

31 × 20.1 cm (12 3/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: Angel or pilgrim in a circle with a six-petaled flower above (Mongan-Sachs W. 21)
• inscription: recto and verso, black chalk: dietro

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

J. Dupan, Geneva (Lugt 1440). Prosper Fleury-Hérard, Paris (Lugt 1015). 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

1932.213

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), no. 257
• Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 120 ("Cartella con una stella rossa")
• Thomas McGrath, "Florentine Baroque Drawings at the Fogg Museum of Art", Apollo (January 2004), CLIX, no. 503, pp. 14-20, pp. 14-15, fig. 1 (recto), fig. 2 (verso)

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