1943.714: Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.714

People

William Holman Hunt, British (London, England 1827 - 1910 London, England)

Title

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1892

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/297570

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown wash, graphite, opaque watercolor on off-white wove paper mounted overall to linen covered strainer

Dimensions

39.3 x 56.3 cm (15 1/2 x 22 3/16 in.)
frame: 52.7 × 67.3 cm (20 3/4 × 26 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• (not assigned): Printed label on back of stretcher: CHARLES ROBERSON & Co. / ARTISTS' COLOUR MAKERS, / Manufacturer of Water & Oil Colours. / MATERIALS FOR DRAWING AND PAINTING. / 99 LONG ACRE LONDON
• inscription: lower right, graphite: 18 [monogram] 92

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.714

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1946), no. 51
• George P. Landow, Shadows Cast by "The Light of the World:" William Holman Hunt's Religious Paintings, 1893-1905, Art Bulletin (September 1983), vol. LXV, no. 3, p. 476
• Dr. Judith Bronkhurst, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue Raisonné, Yale University Press (New Haven CT and London, 2006), no. D412, repr.
• Franklin Einspruch, Fuse Visual Art Review: A Pair of Drawing Shows at the Harvard Art Museums, The Arts Fuse ([e-journal], June 9, 2016), http://artsfuse.org/146319/fuse-visual-arts-review-a-pair-of-drawing-shows-at-the-harvard-art-museums/, accessed June 9, 2016

Exhibition History

• Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/08/1946 - 06/01/1946
• Flowers of Evil: Symbolist Drawings, 1870–1910, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016

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