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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.109.104
People
Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
After Filippino Lippi, Italian (Prato, Italy 1457 - 1504 Florence, Italy)
Title
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, after Filippino Lippi
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Head of the Virgin, after Filippino Lippi
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1886
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306965

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
24.4 x 19.6 cm (9 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Oct. 12 1886
  • inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: From a fresco at Prato, of Fillipino [sic] Lippi

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift (?) of the artist to Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Denman W. Ross, Class of 1875
Accession Year
1936
Object Number
1936.109.104
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This is a copy of part of a fresco altarpiece by Filippino Lippi at the Mercatale, Prato, done in 1498. The original is a triptych with the Madonna and Child and saints.

Verification Level

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