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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1927.295
People
George Hawley Hallowell, American (Boston, MA 1871-1926 Boston, MA)
Title
Annunciation; verso: Sketches for Church Interior
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Annunciation, copy after ___?; verso: various sketches of painting for the interior of a church
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
before 1926
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306395

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2540, European Art, 13th–16th century, The Renaissance
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on illustration board, waxed
Dimensions
32.7 x 52.7 cm (12 7/8 x 20 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: red watercolor, l.r.: Geo. H. Hallowell
  • inscription: verso, in image, graphite, in artist's hand: [partial transcription:] Angels opening doors; [illegible] / the beginning of / the Church; Angels opening doors; the Coming of Christ; The First Stones of the Christian Church

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Harriet Hallowell, Sold to Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, William M. Prichard Fund
Accession Year
1927
Object Number
1927.295
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2024 - 03/17/2025

Verification Level

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