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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.150.475
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
After Vittore Carpaccio, Italian (Venice, Italy 1460 - 1526 Venice, Italy)
Title
Detail from the Ambassadors Departing, after Carpaccio
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1887
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307083

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 37.9 x 25.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, verso: D.W.R. 1887
  • inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: After Carpaccio-- Academy Venice

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Bequest of the artist 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
1936.150.475
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This is a detail from one of the panels of the story of St. Ursula by Carpaccio in the the collection of the Accademia in Venice.

Verification Level

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