1970.159: Mystic Nativity, after Botticelli

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1970.159

People

Charles Fairfax Murray, British (Bow, England 1849 - 1919 London, England)
After Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi), Italian (Florence, Italy 1444/45 - 1510 Florence, Italy)

Title

Mystic Nativity, after Botticelli

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/299428

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor on cream wove paper

Dimensions

35.6 x 25.5 cm (14 x 10 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Charles Eliot Norton, by descent; to his daughter, Elizabeth Gaskell Norton (by 1908), gift; to Edward W. Forbes, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1970.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Estate of Edward W. Forbes

Accession Year

1970

Object Number

1970.159

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Stefan Weppelmann and Ruben Rebmann, ed., The Botticelli Renaissance, exh. cat., Gemäldegalerie Berlin (Berlin, 2015), cat. no. 77, p. 224, repr.
• Mark Evans and Stefan Weppelmann, Botticelli Reimagined, exh. cat., V & A Publishing (London, 2016), cat. no. 77, p. 224, repr.

Exhibition History

• The Botticelli Renaissance, Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Berlin, 09/25/2015 - 01/24/2016; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 03/05/2016 - 07/03/2016

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