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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.208
People
Alessandro Casolani, Italian (1552 - 1606)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist
Title
Design for a Wall Tomb with Saint Bernardino and Saint Anthony Abbot
Other Titles
Former Title: Altar Design with Saint Bernardino and Saint Anthony
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Siena
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/312277

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
28.8 x 19.7 cm (11 5/16 x 7 3/4 in.)

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
1998.208
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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
  • Alina Payne, The Telescope and the Compass: Teofilo Gallaccini and the Dialogue between Architecture and Science in the Age of Galileo, Leo S. Olschki Editore (Florence, 2012), p. 89, fig. 42 (as Francesco Vanni, attributed to)

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