Object number1995.1.r

A Kneeling Figure and a Hand Holding a Bowl

Daten.d.

Artist Francesco Vanni (Italian, 1563-1610)

CultureItalian

MediumBlack chalk heightened with white on blue paper

DimensionsSheet: 10 5/8 × 7 7/8 in. (27 × 20 cm)
Matted: 22 × 16 in. (55.9 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Mary (Elizabeth) Weitzel Gibbons, class of 1951, Fund

On View

Not on view

Period16th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

InscribedInscribed (LR, in brown ink): V. S.; (LR, possibly collector's stamp): DR

BibliographyMarciari, John, and Suzanne Boorsch. Francesco Vanni: Art in Late Renaissance Siena. New Haven, CT: Yale UP, 2013. Print. p.97, 99. repr. p.99, Cat. 23.ProvenanceCollections: Stefan von Licht (Lugt supplement 789b)

Vassar Exhibitions

An Era of Opportunity: Three Decades of Acquisitions

Exhibition HistoryNew Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Art Gallery, "Francesco Vanni: Art in Late Renaissance Siena," September 2, 2013 - January 17th, 2014. Cat. repr.

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