1934.209: The End of the World, after Signorelli

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.

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