Crouching Nude Caryatid, after Michelangelo | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1919.288
People: Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
Copy after Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian (Caprese, Italy 1475 - 1564 Rome, Italy)
Title: Crouching Nude Caryatid, after Michelangelo
Other Titles: Former Title: Caryatid (cast) by Michelangelo, in Belle Arte, Florence
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: October 2, 1886
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/306048

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on blue-gray modern laid paper

Dimensions

21 x 16.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, l.l.c.: October 2 1886 / J.L.S.
inscription: l.r.c., graphite, in artist's hand: Cariatide (cast) Michel Angelo / in Belle Arte Florence

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Gift (?) of the artist to Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1919.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross, class of '75
Accession Year: 1919
Object Number: 1919.288
Division: European and American Art
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