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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.284
People
Jacopo Tintoretto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1519 - 1594 Venice, Italy)
Title
Angel Seated on Clouds Playing a Harp; verso: Seated Nude Turned One-Quarter Left
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1582/1588
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298969

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk, squared in black chalk, on blue antique-laid paper; verso: black chalk with traces of white chalk
Dimensions
39.4 × 27.9 cm (15 1/2 × 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Verso, l.r.: piadiso [or piedi 10]
  • inscription: Verso, l.r.: pir 8 [or pie 8]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, 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
1932.284
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. 182, p. 98; vol. 2, repr. figs. 94 (recto) and 95 (verso)
  • Hans Tietze and Erika Tietze-Conrat, The Drawings of the Venetian Painters in the 15th and 16th Centuries, J. J. Augustin, Inc. (New York, 1944), cat. no. 1574
  • Rodolfo Pallucchini, "Studi sui disegni veneti", Arte veneta: rivista di storia dell'arte (1950), III, 1949, pp. 172-174, p. 173
  • The Italian Renaissance: Prints, Drawings, Miniatures, Books: An Exhibition in Honor of Leila Cook Barber, Professor of Art, Vassar College, 1931-1968, exh. cat., Vassar College Art Gallery (Poughkeepsie, NY, 1968), cat. no. 23, p. 9
  • Paola Rossi, I disegni di Jacopo Tintoretto, La Nuova Italia Editrice (Florence, Italy, 1975), no. 182, p. 17; recto repr. fig. 186, verso repr. fig. xxix
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 121 ("Cartella I")
  • Jean Habert, Le "Paradis" de Tintoret: Un concours pour le palais des Doges, exh. cat., 5 Continents Editions/Musée du Louvre (Milan/Paris, 2006), cat. no. 22, repr. (recto and verso; color)
  • John Marciari, Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice, exh. cat., The Morgan Library & Museum (New York, 2018), pp. 136-137, fig. 107

Exhibition History

  • Pontormo to Greco: The Age of Mannerism, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, 02/14/1954 - 03/28/1954
  • Titian, Tintoretto and Paolo Veronese, Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, 02/12/1960 - 03/13/1960
  • The Italian Renaissance: Prints, Drawings, Miniatures, Books, Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, 05/02/1968 - 06/09/1968
  • Le "Paradis" de Tintoret: Un concours pour le palais des Doges, Musée du Louvre, Paris Cedex 01, 02/08/2006 - 05/08/2006

Verification Level

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