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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.690
People
Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
After Desiderio da Settignano, Italian (Settignano, Italy 1428 - 1464 Florence, Italy)
Title
Angel, after Desiderio da Settignano
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Desiderio Angel, 1889
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1889
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306010

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and white gouache on heavy off-white wove paper
Dimensions
39.4 x 28.2 cm (15 1/2 x 11 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: brown watercolor, u.l.: Joseph Linden Smith / Florence 1889
  • inscription: left edge, graphite: 16 x 21 5/8

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift (?) of the artist to Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.690
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This is copied from the Marsuppini Monument at Santa Croce, Florence. The original was made c. 1453 - 1455. Verso shows a slight sketch of three Renaissance men that appear to be copied from another work.

Verification Level

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