Harvard Art Museums > 1895.695: Rock of Ages Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Rock of Ages (Johannes Adam Simon Oertel) , 1895.695,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 09, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/231904. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1895.695 People Johannes Adam Simon Oertel, American (Fürth, Germany 1823 - 1909 Vienna, VA) Title Rock of Ages Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1876 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/231904 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 123.3 x 70.5 cm (48 9/16 x 27 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.l.: J.A. Oertel / 1876. / [monogram] JAOe Provenance Recorded Ownership History Acquired by William Hayes Fogg, New York; his bequest to his wife, Mrs. William Hayes Fogg, 1884; her bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1895. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mrs. William Hayes Fogg Accession Year 1895 Object Number 1895.695 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History J.F. Oertel, A Vision Realized: A Life Story of Rev. J.A. Oertel, D.D., Artist, Priest, Missionary (Milwaukee, WI, 1917), ill. p. 69 Kimberly Orcutt, "Personal Collecting Meets Institutional Vision: The Origins of Harvard's Fogg Art Museum", Journal of the History of Collections (2006), vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 267-284, pp. 270, 274, fig. 6, p. 276 Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), p. 362-63, cat. 327, ill. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu