Harvard Art Museums > 1998.219: Cupid Holding a Brazier 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"Cupid Holding a Brazier (Giulio Romano) , 1998.219,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/312440. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1998.219 People Giulio Romano, Italian (Rome 1499? - 1546 Mantua) Title Cupid Holding a Brazier Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 16th century Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/312440 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown ink and brown wash, with touches of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper Dimensions 19.7 × 16.7 cm (7 3/4 × 6 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks watermark: fleur-de-lys, similar to Briquet 7283 (Bergamo, 1545, and others, Italian c. 1545) label: printed: 64 Cupid Holding a Brazier. Giulio Romano, Italian: 1492-1546. Full-length nude figure of the winged holding in his outstretched arms a flaming brazier. (Savage). Pen and sepia wash: 7 3/4 x 6 3/4 insches. Collection of the Earl of Warwick, Warwick Castle. label: typed: Giulio Romano. / Giulio Romano was born at Rome in 1492. He was apprenticed to Raphael in early life and assisted him in the Vatican. / While Romano was in Rome, he painted mythical frescoes in the Villa Lanti, Villa Madama etc., and in 1524 Guilio went to Mantua and was in service / of Duke Federigo Gonzaga. Romano died at Mantua in 1546. / He exhibited pictures in Dresden, Florence, London, Naples, Paris, Rome and Vienna. label: printed and red ink on pink label: 4632 / X64 inscription: old frame backing, black chalk: X64 label: round blue sticky label, printed and black ink: SPB 064 inscription: presumably on old frame backing paper, black ink: indecipherable Provenance Recorded Ownership History Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., Brampton, Ontario, acquired at Sotheby's, 1981, sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998. Sotheby's sale, June, 1981, no. ?; placed on long-term loan to Fogg Art Museum 1981-1998. Earl of Warwick, Stratford, UK, sold at Sotheby's, New York, 1981. Warwick Castle. Sale, June, 1981. Sotheby's, New York, from the Earl of Warwick, 1981, sold to Seiden and de Cuevas, Inc., 1981. Sale, New York, June, 1981, no. ?; placed on long-term loan at Fogg Art Museum in 1981 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 Norma-Jean and Stanford Calderwood Accession Year 1998 Object Number 1998.219 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. 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
