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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.135
People
Attributed to Perugino (Pietro Vannucci), Italian (Città della Pieve, Italy c. 1450 - 1523 Fontignano, Italy)
Previously thought to be a copy after Perugino (Pietro Vannucci), Italian (Città della Pieve, Italy c. 1450 - 1523 Fontignano, Italy)
Title
Two Men Kneeling in Prayer; verso: Acanthus Leaves and a Decorative Motif of Fruit and Leaves
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Umbria
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298939

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink (brown wash added later?) on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
18.5 × 15.1 cm (7 5/16 × 5 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: A cardinal's hat (similar to Briquet 3404)
  • collector's mark: Lower left corner, Brown ink: JCR [L. 1433]
  • collector's mark: Lower left corner, Black ink: L. 2799

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
William Mayor, London (Lugt 2799). Sir John Charles Robinson, London (Lugt 1433).
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
1932.135
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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. 31, p24, as school of Perugino
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 118 ("Cartella con una stella nera")

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