Add to Collection

Add this item to an existing or new collection.
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.150.551
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
After Claude Lorrain, French (Chamagne 1604 - 1682 Rome)
Title
Landscape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307255

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor, white gouache and graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 25.3 x 35.4 cm (9 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: DWR
  • inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: Following a composition by Claude Lorrain / in the Louvre: a composition in ²4 I think. / I used the following palette: White with Chinese vermilion R / White with Cerulean Blue / White with / Dark Cadmium Y / and Viridian Green / White with Chinese vermilion / White with Cerulean Blue N / to represent the Light in Shadows. / Blue Black with Dark Cadmium / Indian Red Alizarin Crimson / Black with Cerulean Blue / Registers / Light.

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
1936.150.551
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu