The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.150.13
People: Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
After Jacopo Tintoretto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1519 - 1594 Venice, Italy)
Title: The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307015

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

sight: 33.4 x 34 cm (13 1/8 x 13 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: red-brown watercolor, l.r.: Joseph Lindon Smith

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: 1936.150.13
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: The original by Tintoretto was painted 1562-66 for the Scuola Grande di San Marco. It is now in the Pinacoteca, Brera, Italy.

Verification Level

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