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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.201
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Temple of Fortuna Virile; verso: Doric Freize
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1530
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/312464

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised; verso: brown ink, brown wash and black and red chalk
Dimensions
actual: 25.2 x 39.9 cm (9 15/16 x 15 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: star in a diamond in a circle (similar to Briquet 6097)
  • inscription: l.l., brown ink, Italian: squola Grecia Ponte S. Maria/
    nunc S. Ma. Egittiaca--
    di qualità enstila--;
  • inscription: l.r., brown ink, Italian: le colone sono mezo tondo et il pronaos tonde de neli cantone [?]/
    sono qui fatti quadre p errore et sono di 22 striature [translation: the columns are half round and the pronaos round in the [?]; they are here made square by mistake and they have 22 flutes [translation by Cammy Brothers, Ph.D. candidate, Art History and Architecture Department, 1/99]]
  • inscription: center, brown ink: B
  • inscription: bottom, center, brown ink: [a linear scale with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 20 [sic], 35, 40 written above it]
  • inscription: verso, l.r., brown ink: list of numbers--
    137/3/45/91/15
  • inscription: center, along top edge, red chalk: various calculations
  • inscription: center, brown ink: various numbers

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
1998.201
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

Verification Level

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