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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.515
People
Domenico Piola the Elder, Italian (Genoa, Italy 1627 - 1703 Genoa, Italy)
Title
Tobias Healing His Father’s Blindness
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/373787

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
28.6 × 41.9 cm (11 1/4 × 16 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: lower right, blind stamp: VWN (mark of Victor Winthrop Newman; Lugt 2540)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lane Collection? [1] Victor Winthrop Newman (Lugt 2540), possibly sold [through Anderson Galleries, New York, February 2-3, 1920, as lot 242 "Tobias Healing his Father" by Poussin]. [2] [Nissman, Abromson LTD., Brookline], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Notes
[1] This information is from the Anderson Galleries sale
[2] The work has the same dimensions and description in the exhibition catalogue.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Paul J. Haldeman Acquisition Fund
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.515
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/12/2022 - 01/09/2023

Verification Level

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