1963.157.5: Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels, after Fra Angelico

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1963.157.5

People

Samuel Pendleton Cowardin III, American (Richmond, VA born 1921)
After Fra Angelico, Italian (nr. Vecchio, Italy c. 1400 - 1455 Rome, Italy)

Title

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels, after Fra Angelico

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1957

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308683

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper, mounted to off-white card

Dimensions

15.2 x 10.8 cm (6 x 4 1/4 in.)
image: 14.2 x 9.9 cm (5 9/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
mount: 21.7 x 28 cm (8 9/16 x 11 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: lower edge of mount, paper, typed: Fra Angelico. Madonna & Child with Saints and Angels. / Detail of the center section. Fiesole, San Domenico / (Watercolor study made at San Domenico. April, 1956)
• label: upper edge of mount, paper, typed: PLATE IX

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Samuel P. Cowardin III, gift; to the University Archives, transfer; to Fogg Art Museum, 1963.

NOTE: The drawings were sent to the Fogg from the University Archives formerly housed in Widener Library.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Samuel P. Cowardin, III

Accession Year

1963

Object Number

1963.157.5

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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