Detail of Plato and Aristotle, after Luca della Robbia, Campanile, Florence Cathedral, Florence, Italy

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1919.353
People: Kenneth John Conant, American (Neenah WI 1894 - 1984 Bedford MA)
After Luca della Robbia, Italian (Florence, Italy 1400 - 1482 Florence, Italy)
Title: Detail of Plato and Aristotle, after Luca della Robbia, Campanile, Florence Cathedral, Florence, Italy
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/306178

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

image: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
sheet: 31.1 x 42.2 cm (12 1/4 x 16 5/8 in.)
folded sheet: 31.1 x 21.1 cm (12 1/4 x 8 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, lower center: Kenneth Conant
inscription: lower edge, graphite, in artist's hand: Florence Cathedral -- Campanile -- Plato and Aristotle; 2020

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: 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 Denman W. Ross
Accession Year: 1919
Object Number: 1919.353
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: This drawing is made on half of a sheet of paper folded vertically. On the other half of the sheet is drawn 1919.352. A circle with a grid of diagonal lines has been drawn over the image.

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