Harvard Art Museums > 1994.144: Head of an Apostle 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"Head of an Apostle (Benedetto Luti) , 1994.144,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/312196. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1994.144 People Benedetto Luti, Italian (1666 - 1724) Title Head of an Apostle Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1712 Places Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lazio, Rome Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/312196 Physical Descriptions Medium Pastel on gray antique laid paper, mounted overall to multi-laminate eighteenth-century paper Dimensions 41 x 33.1 cm (16 1/8 x 13 1/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: verso of mount, brown ink: Roma 1712 / Benedetto Luti fece inscription: Inscription in pen and brown ink. Same date and signature appear on back of frame. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Sotheby's, New York, sold at auction, January 14, 1987, no. 129, repr. Christie's, London, Ian Woodner sale, sold to Vermeer Associates Limited, July 2, 1991, lot 292, repr. Vermeer Associates Limited, sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994. On long-term loan to HUAM from Vermeer Associates since 1992. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of an Anonymous Donor Accession Year 1994 Object Number 1994.144 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 Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, Unicorn Press (London, 2006), p. 367, repr. 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
