Barbarigo Escutcheon of Angels with Shield, after Pietro Lombardo

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1917.145
People: Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
Copy after Pietro Lombardo, Italian (Carona Italy c. 1435 - 1515 Venice Italy)
Title: Barbarigo Escutcheon of Angels with Shield, after Pietro Lombardo
Other Titles: Former Title: Shield with Angels, Ducal Palace, Venice
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1887
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/305943

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

31 x 37.6 cm (12 3/16 x 14 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: brown ink, l.l.: Joseph Lindon Smith Venice 1887
inscription: l.l., graphite: 7 1/2 x 14 1/4

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: 1917.145
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: This is a drawing after a marble chimneypiece at the Archaeological Museum in the Doge's apartment, Ducal Palace, Venice, decorated with the Barbarigo family's escutcheon. It was probably done by Pietro Lombardo or his shop.

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