Putto and Dolphin, after Verrocchio

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1919.292
People: Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
Copy after Andrea del Verrocchio, Italian (1435 - 1488)
Title: Putto and Dolphin, after Verrocchio
Other Titles: Former Title: Cupid and Dolphin
Former Title: Bruto ma Allegro
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1886
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/306066

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on blue-buff laid paper

Dimensions

20.9 x 17 cm (8 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, l.r.c.: Florence 1886 / Joseph Linden Smith
inscription: l.l., graphite: Bruto ma allegro [this may be Denman Ross's hand]

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: 1919.292
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: This is a drawing after a bronze sculpture by Verrocchio at the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence.

Verification Level

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