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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1917.147
People
Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
Title
Capitolene Wolf with Romulus and Remus, after the antiquity
Other Titles
Former Title: Gargoyle, Palazzo Communale, Siena
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1886
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305920

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on green paper
Dimensions
29.7 x 42.5 cm (11 11/16 x 16 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Blue ink, center left: Joseph Linden Smith. / Siena 1886

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift (?) of the artist to Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1917.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1917
Object Number
1917.147
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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