The First Fruits of the Earth Offered to Saturn

Giorgio Vasari  (Italian, Arezzo 1511–1574 Florence)

Date:
1511–74
Medium:
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk
Dimensions:
6-3/4 x 15-7/16 in. (17.2 x 39.2 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1971
Accession Number:
1971.273
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Marking: Collector's mark of E. Colando, Paris, stamped in black ink at lower right (Lugt 837).

  • Provenance

    Emile Calando (Paris, 1850–1900); John Gere (British, 1921–1995 London)

  • References

    Jacob Bean European Drawings Recently Acquired, 1972-1975 Exh. cat., New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1975-1976, cat. no. 31.

    Hermann Voss Die malerei des Spatrenaissance in Rom und Florenz. vol. 1, Berlin, 1920, fig. no. pl. 98, p. 283, ill.

    Adolfo Venturi La Pittura del Cinquecento Storia dell'arte italiana. part 6, vol. 9, Milan, 1901-1940, fig. no. fig. 183, p. 332, ill.

    Walter Vitzthum "Reviews: Vasari Pittore; Complementi al Vasari Pittore; Mostra di desegni del Vasari e della sua cerchia (by Paola Barocchi)" Master Drawings (Reviews of three works on Vasari by Paola Barocchi). 3, no. 1., New York, 1965, fig. no. fig. 2, p. 56., ill.

    The Merchants' Hall Italian 16th-Century Drawings from British Private Collections Edinburgh Festival, 1969. August 23 - September 13, 1969. The Merchants' Hall, Edinburgh, 1969, cat. no. 89, p. 42.

    E. Allegri, Alessandro Cecchi Palazzo Vecchio e i Medici, guida storica. Florence, 1980, fig. no. 17, II, p. 71.

    Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turcic 15th and 16th Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1982, cat. no. 262, fig. no. 262, p. 257, ill.

    William M. Griswold, Linda Wolk-Simon Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings in New York Collections Exh. cat., New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 11 - March 27, 1994. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1994, cat. no. 27, fig. no. p. 168, pp. 32-33, ill.



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