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Arabesque Ornament Design
Attributed to: Cesare da Sesto (Italian, 1477–1523)
Medium/Technique
Pen and brown ink, partially indented
Dimensions
Height x width: 26.4 x 11.8 cm (10 3/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Accession Number2009.4238
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Marks
Collector's mark: initials JCR (Lugt 1433); verso collector's mark Egyptian bird (Lugt 2813a).
InscriptionsGraphite on mount below: "Certainly Raffaello / Raffaelle"; pen and brown ink verso of mount "L."; graphite "N2 / 50 / Coll Richardson / Coll [Skene of Skene?] / [...] the Duke of Fife / Sold 1899 / J C Robinson / Raffaelle / 67 / Cesare da Sesto / cf. Pierpont Morgan Library / A23761 AR."
Provenance[Skene of Skene, Duke of Fife, "sold 1899"--per note on verso of mount] John Charles Richardson (1824-1913, Lugt 1433); Robert Ludwig Mond (1867-1938, Lugt 2813a); Joseph F. McCrindle; to Estate of Joseph F. McCrindle; by whom given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: September 16, 2009)