1926.33.71: Girdle of Roses from the Figure of "Spring" by Botticelli, in the Academy of Florence

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1926.33.71

People

Charles Herbert Moore, American (New York, NY 1840 - 1930 Harley Witney, Hampshire, England)
After Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi), Italian (Florence, Italy 1444/45 - 1510 Florence, Italy)

Title

Girdle of Roses from the Figure of "Spring" by Botticelli, in the Academy of Florence

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1877-1878

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306275

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white card

Dimensions

28.1 x 39.6 cm (11 1/16 x 15 9/16 in.)

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

1926.33.71

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 28, cat. 50
• 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. 250, cat. 240
• Stefan Weppelmann and Ruben Rebmann, ed., The Botticelli Renaissance, exh. cat., Gemäldegalerie Berlin (Berlin, 2015), cat. no. 71, p. 216, repr.
• Mark Evans and Stefan Weppelmann, Botticelli Reimagined, exh. cat., V & A Publishing (London, 2016), cat. no. 71, p. 216, repr.

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
• The Botticelli Renaissance, Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Berlin, 09/25/2015 - 01/24/2016; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 03/05/2016 - 07/03/2016

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