Studies for "Paradise," planned for the Sala del Maggior Consiglio, Palazzo Ducale, Venice
c. 1582-1583
Artists
Dimensions
21.5 x 31.2 cm (8 7/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Zaccaria Sagredo, Venice [with Sagredo inventory numbers D.P. no: 67 on album sheet and D. P. no. 92 on verso of blue paper mount; Lugt 2103a]; his nephew, Gherardo Sagredo, Venice, by descent. Sold in Lyon, c. 1919; to private collector; his great nephew, sold [Christie’s, Monaco, July 2, 1993, lot 19, repr.]; to Vermeer Associates Limited, sold; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1994 Drawing was on long-term loan to the Fogg, 1993-94.
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