1948.104: The Archangel Gabriel, after Botticelli
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1948.104
- People
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Henry Edwards Scott Jr., American (Cambridge, MA 1900 - 1990 Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard)
After Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi), Italian (Florence, Italy 1444/45 - 1510 Florence, Italy)
- Title
- The Archangel Gabriel, after Botticelli
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting
- Date
- 1923
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/228990
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Fresco transferred to canvas
- Technique
- Fresco painting
- Dimensions
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81.6 x 64.8 cm (32 1/8 x 25 1/2 in.)
framed: 94.6 x 76.2 x 5.7 cm (37 1/4 x 30 x 2 1/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Edward Waldo Forbes; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1948.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes
- Accession Year
- 1948
- Object Number
- 1948.104
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- This work was painted by Henry Scott on a garden wall at the Villa Curonia, Florence in April 1923. It was transferred to canvas by Daniel Thompson in May 1923 and slightly repainted in watercolor at time of transfer. It is a copy of a detail from "The Annunciation" in the Uffizi Galleries, Florence.
Publication History
- Catalogue of a Collection of Counterfeits, Imitations and Copies of Works of Art, exh. cat., Burlington Fine Arts Club (London, England, 1924), pps. 64 and 65, no. 116
- Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 99
Exhibition History
- Exhibition of a Collection of Counterfeits Imitations and Copies of Works of Art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 01/01/1924 - 12/31/1924
- Technique exhibit, Fitchburg Art Association, Fitchburg, 01/01/1932 - 12/31/1932
Verification Level
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