1936.150.356: The Entombment of Christ, after Titian

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1936.150.356

People

Giovanni Battista Troccoli, American (Lauropoli, Italy 1882 - 1940 Santa Barbara, CA)
After Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), Italian (Pieve di Cadore, Italy c. 1488 - 1576 Venice, Italy)

Title

The Entombment of Christ, after Titian

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1903

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230364

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

81.3 x 118.4 cm (32 x 46 5/8 in.)
framed: 110.5 x 144.8 x 6 cm (43 1/2 x 57 x 2 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: back of frame, carved: G. B. Troccoli Feb 7th 03

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Presumably 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

1936.150.356

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Copy of Titian's Entombment of Christ which is in the Louvre.

Publication History

• Harold E. Wethey, The Paintings of Titian, Phaidon Press (London, England, 1969), vol. I, fig. 75
• 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)

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