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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1997.256
People
Bonaventura Genelli, German (Berlin 1798 - 1868 Weimar)
Title
Scenes from the Life of Joseph
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Scenes from Genesis
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213290

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
51.4 x 69.3 cm (20 1/4 x 27 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: B: Genelli fect:
  • inscription: l.c., black ink, German, in artist's hand: Genesis Cap: 41. Vers 43. et Vers 57.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Roberta J. M. Olson and Alexander B. V. Johnson
Accession Year
1997
Object Number
1997.256
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William W. Robinson, Classicism-Romanticism-Realism: German Drawings from Mengs to Menzel in the Harvard University Art Museums, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), checklist no. 3
  • Jeffrey Fontana, Timeless Beauty: Representing the Ideal in Necoclassical Drawing, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1999), checklist no. 21

Exhibition History

  • Classicism-Romanticism-Realism: German Drawings from Mengs to Menzel in the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/04/1998 - 06/28/1998
  • Timeless Beauty: Representing the Ideal in Neoclassical Drawing, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/07/1999 - 10/31/1999

Verification Level

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