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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1963.157.2
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 Enthroned with Saints, after Fra Angelico
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1956
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308697

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper, mounted to off-white card
Dimensions
19.8 x 22.3 cm (7 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
mount: 21.7 x 28 cm (8 9/16 x 11 in.)
image: 19 x 21.3 cm (7 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: upper edge of mount, paper, typed: PLATE XVIII
  • label: verso, lower edge of mount, paper, typed: Fra Angelico. Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints. Florence, San Marco / (Watercolor study made at San Marco, April, 1956)

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
1963.157.2
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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