DrawingsItalian16th century

Diana

16th century

Artists

Luca CambiasoArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.3 × 22.9 cm (10 3/4 × 9 in.)

Provenance

Henri de Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle (1871-1953), Paris, probably by descent; to his heirs. [1] Mr. and Mrs. Germain Seligman (Lugt 3863), by 1967. [2] Anne Helburn Straus, New York, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums Notes [1] See "A Newly Discovered Drawing by Bronzino for the Chapel of Eleonora di Toledo," Master Drawings, Vol. 52, No. 4, Winter 2014, Carmen C. Bambach, p. 423. The Henri de Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle collection was passed on to his heirs and works have been sold at various times. [2] Per 1967 exhibition catalogue for "Drawings of Luca Cambiaso" at the Finch College Museum of Art, the drawing was lent from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Germain Seligman.

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