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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.693
People
Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
Title
Bartolomeo Colleoni, after Andrea del Verrocchio
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1887
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306019

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
53.9 x 35.6 cm (21 1/4 x 14 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: blue ink, center left: Joseph / Linden / Smith / Venice 1887
  • inscription: l.r., black ink, in artist's hand: BARTHOLOMEO / COLEONO / BERGOMINSI / OBMILITARE / IMPERIVM / OPTIME / GESTVM / S C
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: Frame / 18 1/4 x 27

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 Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.693
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The original sculpture by Verrocchio was modelled in 1481-88 and cast in 1496. It stands in the Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice.

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