Study for "The Birth of Venus" | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.504
People: Charles Haslewood Shannon, British (Quarrington, England 1863 - 1937 Kew, England)
Title: Study for "The Birth of Venus"
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298187

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Watercolor, gouache, and colored chalk on gray paper
Dimensions: 37.4 x 35.9 cm (14 3/4 x 14 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.504

Division

European and American Art

Contact

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Exhibition History

Portrait, Prospect and Poetry: British Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Bequest, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/11/1993 - 11/07/1993

Verification Level

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