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Identification and Creation

Object Number
H569
People
Pietro (Peter) Pezzati, American (Roxbury, Massachusetts 1902 - 1993 Westwood, Massachusetts)
Ronald Mansfield Ferry (1891 - 1970)
Title
Ronald Mansfield Ferry (1891-1970)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1956
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305003

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
127 x 107 cm (50 x 42 1/8 in.)
framed: 140.5 x 121 cm (55 5/16 x 47 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l. : Pietro Pezzati 1956
  • label: on frame: Brass plaque (bent): RONALD M. FERRY / FIRST MASTER OF JOHN WINTHROP HOUSE / 1929-1957
  • inscription: reverse of canvas: upper right: mastic varnish / 3 May '57 / 2nd coat 4 June '57

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Winthrop House alumni, undergraduates, and staff members past and present, for Winthrop House
Copyright
© Peter S. Pezzati Estate
Object Number
H569
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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