1951.31.14: Virgin with Saints

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1951.31.14

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Virgin with Saints

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Divine Wisdom; Sophia - Divine Wisdom

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

icon

Date

1830 - 1850

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Russia, St. Petersburg

Culture

Russian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228897

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Painted panel with silver overlay, velvet on back

Dimensions

22.86 x 17.78 x 2.54 cm (9 x 7 x 1 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• manufacturer's mark: stamped: triangular motif, dot T, underlined over 1841 - assayer's mark for Dumitri Tverskoi
  (1832 - 1850r)
  #1171, 1172 from Postnikova-Losseva, M.M., Platonova, N.G., Ulianova, B.L. "L'Orfèverie et la Bijouterie au XV-XX ss." Moscow: Edition "NAUKA" , 1983
  
  
• manufacturer's mark: stamped: trefoil stalk with crossed tools (hammer and ?) - St. Petersburg (1818-1864)
  #1143 from Postnikova-Losseva, M.M., Platonova, N.G., Ulianova, B.L. "L'Orfèverie et la Bijouterie au XV-XX ss." Moscow: Edition "NAUKA" , 1983
  

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Thomas Whittemore, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1951.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore

Accession Year

1951

Object Number

1951.31.14

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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