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Coat of Arms of an Unidentified Cardinal

Artist:

Anonymous

Date:

late 16th century

Location:

Not on display

Century:

16th Century AD

Media:

Pen And Brown Ink And Brown Wash On Laid Paper Mounted To A Heavier Sheet

Dimensions:

Image: 305 x 226 mm (12 x 8 7/8 in.)

Department:

Achenbach Foundation

Object Type:

Drawing

Country:

Italy

Continent:

Europe

Provenance:

Provenance: Joseph Green Cogswell; Mortimer Leo Schiff; Moore S. Achenbach;
Cogswell no.11 , Hellman no. 19 as Emblematic Design” by Niccolo Berrettoni (George S. Hellman, Original Drawings by the Old Masters: The Collection formed by Joseph Green Cogswell, 1786-1871, New York: privately published, 1915);
Former AFGA identification: Coat of Arms of Cardinal Chigi by Niccolo Berrettoni;
Suggestd attributions:
Cogswell collection and old AFGA attribution : Niccolo Berrettoni;
From old AFGA mat and file, with note in file that handwriting resembled that of A.W. Clark): “Copy of late Roman Mannerist. Not by Berrettoni.”;
Philip Pouncey (Nov. 1983): Not by Berrettoni. Earlier, perhaps 1590’s. NOT the Chigi arms.;
A. Nova (on the mat):“16th century influenced by Giulio Romano and not far away from Orsi.”;
Exhibition:
Stanford University Library: Baroque, l964;

Accession Number:

1963.24.172

Acquisition Date:

1963-04-09

Credit Line:

Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts

cardinal’s hat above a coat of arms held up by two winged figures, woman at left with snake and mirror, woman at right restraining an animal, winged boy pouring water into bowl at center,

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