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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.150.2
People
Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
Title
Meander Ornament, Doge Moro Monument, Venice, Italy
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1888
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307013

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 31.9 x 56.4 cm (12 9/16 x 22 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: J.L.S. 1888
  • inscription: l.r., in image, graphite, in artist's hand: Meander from the Monument of / the Doge Moro, 15th Century. / Church of S. Giobbe, Venice
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: Meander from the / Monument of the / Doge Moro [something inserted with carot, cut off] Church of S. Giobbe

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
1936.150.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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