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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1963.157.6
People
Samuel Pendleton Cowardin III, American (Richmond, VA born 1921)
After Fra Angelico, Italian (nr. Vecchio, Italy c. 1400 - 1455 Rome, Italy)
Title
Two Panels from Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels, after Fra Angelico
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1956
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308684

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper, mounted to off-white card
Dimensions
12.9 x 7.8 cm (5 1/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
right image: 14.3 x 7 cm (5 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
left image: 12 x 7 cm (4 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
right sheet: 15.6 x 8 cm (6 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
left sheet: 12.9 x 7.8 cm (5 1/16 x 3 1/16 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 Enthroned with Saints and Angels. Center and right panels-- reverse of the paint film. / Cortona, San Domenico / (Watercolor studies made at the Gabinetto dei Restauri, Florence, June, 1956, from the gouache copies / executed by Professor Teodosio Sokolow in the course of the restoration when the / original panel and gesso had been removed in preparation for remounting.)
  • label: upper edge of mount, paper, typed: Plate XII

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
1963.157.6
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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