Studies of Leda and the Swan, a Pietà, and a Female Head
Vincenzo Danti
(1530–1576)
Giuliano Dandi da San Gimignano
(Italian, 16th century)
about 1570
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink, with touches of red chalk, on off-white paper
DimensionsSheet: 29.1 x 20.7 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Mount (P. J. Mariette): 47 x 37.4 cm (18 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.)
Mount (P. J. Mariette): 47 x 37.4 cm (18 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number15.1247
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDrawings
Collections
ProvenanceGiorgio Vasari (1511-1574, Florence and Rome); Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774, Paris, Lugt 1852); his sale, Paris, 1775, from lot 389); Comte Moriz de Fries (1777-1826, Vienna, Lugt 2903); John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929, London, Lugt 1507); purchased by MFA through Mr. Walter Gay [Accession Date: December 2, 1915].
Henry Austin
About 1868 (house built in 1868, demolished in 1955)
Isaac de Moucheron
18th century
Joseph Rusling Meeker
