Two winged heads in the clouds float near the top of a gothic arch.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The two cherub winged heads lean in toward each other, their heads touching meeting in the top middle, looking downward. An abstract watercolor wash depicts a minimal landscape of flat land with a distant river below. A few irises sprout in the lower right corner foreground. The scene is framed within a gothic arch.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.309
People
John La Farge, American (New York, NY 1835 - 1910 Providence, RI)
Title
Cherub Heads, color study for glass
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Two Cherubs' Heads
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1896
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307977

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and black ink on tan wove paper
Dimensions
23.9 x 9.5 cm (9 7/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Image drawn in Gothic-arch shaped border: 16.7 x 6.5 cm (6 9/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, blue pencil: John La Farge

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.309
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Faint fleur-de-lis drawn in graphite under image. Paper is cut into shape of Gothic arch.

Verification Level

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