1926.33.178: Statue of Marcus Aurelius, after antiquity

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1926.33.178

People

Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)

Title

Statue of Marcus Aurelius, after antiquity

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Statue of Antoninus Pius

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1899

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306426

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

frame: 74.3 × 56.5 × 5.7 cm (29 1/4 × 22 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
rabbet: 55.9 × 38.7 cm (22 × 15 1/4 in.)
sight: 54.6 × 36.8 cm (21 1/2 × 14 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: watercolor, l.l.: JOSEPH LINDON SMITH 1899
• label: backing board, paper: J. F. OLSSON & CO. / MAKERS OF / HIGH GRADE FRAMES, / ART DEALERS. / HARVARD SQUARE, / CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
• label: back of frame, black ink: MFA / TL 2314 / Fogg Museum

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

1926.33.178

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Paintings by Joseph Lindon Smith, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 02/11/1931 - 03/11/1931
• Unidentified Watercolor Exhibition, Winchester Art Association, 1940, Winchester Art Association, Winchester, 11/29/1939 - 12/31/1939
• Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013

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