Harvard Art Museums > 1998.189: Design for Illusionary Wall Painting Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Design for Illusionary Wall Painting (Unidentified Artist) , 1998.189,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/299635. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1998.189 People Unidentified Artist Title Design for Illusionary Wall Painting Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1570 Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/299635 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown ink, brown wash over graphite (?) on off-white antique laid paper Dimensions actual: 37.3 x 29.9 cm (14 11/16 x 11 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks watermark: "M" and star in a shield--Briquet 8390-92 (Florence 1529; Ferrara 1580) inscription: u.r., brown ink, Italian: In questo vano si puó dipingere un paese con la veduta di Step[han]o Rotondo et coloseo et altre anticaglie [translation: In this bay one could paint a landscape with the view of S. Stefano Rotondo and the Colosseum and other antiquities [translation by Cammy Brothers, Ph.D candidate, Art History and Architecture Department, Jan., 1999)] Provenance Recorded Ownership History H. (?) N. Baron von Slingelandt. information from B. Weinreb H. (?) Bosch Reitz, Laren, Netherlands (?), by descent from his great grandfather. Gt. Grandfather: H. (?) N. Baron von Slingelandt; information from B. Weinreb B. Weinreb Limited, London, sold to Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., 1980. (Seiden & de Cuevas is now known as Vermeer Associates, Ltd) Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., Brampton, Ontario, Canada, purchased from B. Weinreb Limited, London, 6, sold to HUAM, 1998. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of an anonymous donor and the Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Fund in honor of F. Gordon and Elizabeth Morrill Accession Year 1998 Object Number 1998.189 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Lynda Fairbairn, Italian Renaissance Drawings from the Collection of Sir John Soane's Museum, Azimuth Editions Ltd. and Sir John Soane's Museum (London, 1998), p. 366 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
