1936.150.353: Saint Mark Rescuing a Slave, after Tintoretto

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1936.150.353

People

Robert David Gauley, American (Carnaveigh, County Monaghan, Ireland 1875 - 1943 Winter Park, FL)
After Jacopo Tintoretto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1519 - 1594 Venice, Italy)

Title

Saint Mark Rescuing a Slave, after Tintoretto

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1892

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230333

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

54 x 69.2 cm (21 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.r.: Robert D. Gauley Venice 1892 No. 48, Signed Date: 1892
• inscription: on back of canvas, written: Copy by Robert D. Gauley. Venice 1892.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Gift (?) of the artist to Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Denman W. Ross, Class of 1875

Accession Year

1936

Object Number

1936.150.353

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Copy after Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto, 1518-1594). Original in the Gallerie Dell'Accademia, Venice. l.r. before signature: After Tintoretto.

Publication History

• 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. 131

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