Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2010
The Year
Acquisitions
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs: July 2009–June 2010
Arabesque Ornament Design
Attributed to Cesare da Sesto
Height x width: 26.4 x 11.8 cm (10 3/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
Pen and brown ink, partially indented
Classification: Drawings
Accession number: 2009.4238
Provenance/Ownership History: [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)
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection