Harvard Art Museums > 1926.33.32: Much Reduced Study of the Dragon in Carpaccio's Picture of St. George and the Dragon, in the Chapel of S. Giorgio dei [sic] Schiavoni, Venice, 1876 Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Much Reduced Study of the Dragon in Carpaccio's Picture of St. George and the Dragon, in the Chapel of S. Giorgio dei [sic] Schiavoni, Venice, 1876 (Charles Herbert Moore)(Copy after Vittore Carpaccio) , 1926.33.32,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/306256. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1926.33.32 People Charles Herbert Moore, American (New York, NY 1840 - 1930 Harley Witney, Hampshire, England) Copy after Vittore Carpaccio, Italian (Venice, Italy 1460 - 1526 Venice, Italy) Title Much Reduced Study of the Dragon in Carpaccio's Picture of St. George and the Dragon, in the Chapel of S. Giorgio dei [sic] Schiavoni, Venice, 1876 Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1875 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/306256 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper Dimensions 28.3 x 39.6 cm (11 1/8 x 15 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: u.r., graphite, in artist's hand: In the original the creature is / about 4 feet long. It contains / details which in the dim light [at?] this distance, and on this [... ] / could not wholly follow. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Fine Arts Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; transferred to Fogg Art Museum, 1926. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Department, Harvard University Accession Year 1926 Object Number 1926.33.32 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Carpaccio's original is at San Giorgio degli Schiavoni, Venice. Publication History Charles Herbert Moore, Catalogue, with Notes, of Studies and Fac-similes from Examples of the Works of Florence and Venice; and of Fac-similes and Original Works to be Used as Exercises in Drawing, Belonging to the Fine Arts Department of Harvard University, exh. cat. (Cambridge, MA, 1878), p. 11, cat. 6 Jeffrey L. Spear, Dreams of an English Eden: Ruskin and His Tradition in Social Criticism, Columbia University Press (New York, NY, 1984), ill. p. 83 Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 248, cat. 228 Paul Tucker, ed., Guide to the Principal Pictures in the Academy of Fine Arts at Venice: A Critical Edition, with Other Texts on Carpaccio and Venetian Painting, Edizioni Ca'Foscari and Venice University Press (Venice, 2023), pp. 43-44, repr. as fig. 15 Exhibition History Studies and Fac-similes from Examples of the Works of Florence and Venice..., Harvard Art Club, Cambridge, 12/01/1878 - 12/31/1878 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
