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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.687
People
Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
Title
Palazzo Bernardo, Venice, Italy; verso: Sketch of the Palazzo Bernardo
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1889
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306033

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Dimensions
77.5 x 56.2 cm (30 1/2 x 22 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: watercolor, l.r.: JOSEPH LINDEN SMITH / 1889
  • inscription: l.r., watercolor, in artist's hand: PALAZZO BERNADO [sic], / VENICE
  • label: backing board, black ink: Museum of Fine Arts / Fogg Museum / TL 2314
  • watermark: J. WHATMAN 1888

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
1916.687
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Elizabeth Anne McCauley and Alan Chong, Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle, exh. cat., Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2004), p. 275, fig. 209 (color)

Exhibition History

  • Paintings by Joseph Lindon Smith, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 02/11/1931 - 03/11/1931
  • Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, 04/21/2004 - 08/15/2004

Verification Level

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