Art Treasures, Gracefully Drawn: James Bowdoin III and America's Earliest Drawing Collection

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Adoration of the Shepherds

Ciro Ferri . Italy. 1634-1689. black chalk, touches of red chalk, with pen and brown ink on paper. Bequest of the Honorable James Bowdoin III. 1811.65.

Marks/Inscriptions

"91" (inscription, bottom, black chalk)
"S . 10" (inscription, verso, pen and brown ink)
"4" (inscription, black chalk)

Provenance

James Bowdoin III (Collector, Boston) -1811
Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Museum, Brunswick, Maine) 1811-

Exhibition History

Drawing on Basics. Bowdoin College (10/14/1993, 12/19/1993)
Old Master Drawings at Bowdoin College. David P. Becker, Class of 1970 (5/17/1985, 6/29/1986)
Baroque Drawings. Bowdoin College (2/3/1981, 3/5/1981)

Bibliography

Type: catalogue
Author: Henry Johnson
Document Title: Catalogue of the Bowdoin College Art Collections
Publ. Place: Brunswick, Maine
Reference: no. 92
Remarks: (as Unknown)
Section Title: Pt. I, The Bowdoin Drawings
Date: 1885

Type: catalogue
Author: Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Document Title: Bowdoin Museum of Fine Arts, Walker Art Building
Edition: 4th
Publ. Place: Brunswick, Maine
Reference: no. 92
Remarks: (as Unknown)
Publisher: Bowdoin College
Section Title: Descriptive Catalogue of the . . .
Date: 1930

Author: J. Montagu
Document Title: Arte illustrata, vol. 6, no. 55-56
Location: p. 338
Reference: no. 14
Section Title: Il primo relievo di marmo del Foggini
Date: 1973

Type: exhibition catalogue
Author: David P. Becker
Document Title: Old Master Drawings at Bowdoin College
Publ. Place: Brunswick, Maine
Location: pp. 144-145
Reference: no. 67
Publisher: Bowdoin College
Date: 1985