1971.61: Apse Decoration, San Clemente, Rome

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1971.61

People

Harry Edward Warren, American (Rochester NH 1882 - 1973)

Title

Apse Decoration, San Clemente, Rome

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1909

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309072

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on buff wove paper

Dimensions

sight: 49.8 x 38 cm (19 5/8 x 14 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: blue ink, lower center: H. E. Warren 1909
• inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: S. Clemente-- Rome-- 12th century mosaics
• inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: Note-- entire wall below impost is modern fresco (and poor)
• inscription: note inserted into corner of mat, black ink, typewritten: Church of St. Clemente, Rome. Built / on ancient Roman Masonry. Lower / Church not shown dates from 4th / century. Upper church shown from / 1108. Mosaics from 12th century. / Marble ans [sic] paintings below cor- / nice line are modern and not shown / as a finished study.
• inscription: back of mat, graphite: S. Clemente Mosaic

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Harry Edward Warren, Bronxville, New York, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1971.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Harry E. Warren

Accession Year

1971

Object Number

1971.61

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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