1929.61: Decorative Panel of Bird, Animal, and Fish Motifs

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1929.61

People

Circle of Nicoletto da Modena, Italian (Modena, Italy c. 1500 - c. 1522)

Title

Decorative Panel of Bird, Animal, and Fish Motifs

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

15th-16th century

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298785

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

29.6 × 7.6 cm (11 5/8 × 3 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: in mount
  maybe one in paper? : Paper possibly has a watermark. Requires a BETA.
  
  There is a watermark on the mount (PL BAS [cut-off]).

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Carlo Prayer, Milan (Lugt 2044). Alfred Beurdeley, Paris (Lugt 421). Philip Hofer, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1929

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer

Accession Year

1929

Object Number

1929.61

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. 27, p. 20
• Beverly Louise Brown, Prints and Drawings of the Quattrocento, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1981), cat. no. 20, p. 19

Exhibition History

• Prints and Drawings of the Quattrocento, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 07/03/1981 - 08/31/1981

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