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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1934.210.20
People
Lewis W. Rubenstein, American (Buffalo, NY 1908 - 2003 Shelburne, VT)
After Piero della Francesca, Italian (1416 - 1492)
Title
Details from the Legend of the True Cross, after Piero della Francesca; verso: Sketch and color wheel with notes
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1931 - 1932
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/48979

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored pencil, graphite, and black ink on cream wove paper; verso: watercolor and graphite
Dimensions
41.7 x 33 cm (16 7/16 x 13 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: black ink, below sketches, in artist's hand: (Queen of Sheba worships / the holy log) / a water color copy of / this part in book 2.; (Queen of Sheba and Solomon); (Finding of Crosses); (The True Cross)
  • inscription: lower right corner, graphite: 40
  • inscription: verso, lower left corner, graphite: 41

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lewis W. Rubenstein, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1934.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lewis W. Rubenstein, Class of 1930
Accession Year
1934
Object Number
1934.210.20
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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