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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1934.209
People
Lewis W. Rubenstein, American (Buffalo, NY 1908 - 2003 Shelburne, VT)
Copy after Luca Signorelli, Italian (Cortona, Italy 1445/50 - 1523 Cortona, Italy)
Title
The End of the World, after Signorelli
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Copy of fresco detail by Signorelli at Orvieto
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306765

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
37 x 27 cm (14 9/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, paper, printed: Bainbridge / Illustration / Board / Trade - Number 37 - Mark / 22 x 30 or 30 x 40 / Single or Double / Thick / When ordering - specify size and thickness

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lewis W. Rubenstein, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1934.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lewis W. Rubenstein, class of 1930
Accession Year
1934
Object Number
1934.209
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Descriptions

Commentary
This is a copy of a detail of The End of the World, part of a fresco cycle painted by Signorelli between 1499 and 1504 in the Chapel of San Brizio at the Cathedral at Orvieto.

Verification Level

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