1934.210.21: Notes and diagram of the Legend of the True Cross by Piero della Francesca
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1934.210.21
- People
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Lewis W. Rubenstein, American (Buffalo, NY 1908 - 2003 Shelburne, VT)
After Piero della Francesca, Italian (1416 - 1492)
- Title
- Notes and diagram of the Legend of the True Cross by Piero della Francesca
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing, sketchbook page
- Date
- 1931 - 1932
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/49073
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black ink, colored pencil, and graphite on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- 41.7 x 33 cm (16 7/16 x 13 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: lower right corner, graphite: 42
- inscription: below image, black ink, in artist's hand: Architectural planning of / the three frescoes on the right / wall. main verticals and / horizontals marked by blue lines. / Diagonals by red. these divisions / carry through all three frescoes, / and thus make the whole wall a unit.
- inscription: verso, lower left corner, graphite: 43
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
- 1934.210.21
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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