2005.9: Saint Andrew
Paintings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.9
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Saint Andrew
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- icon
- Date
- 16th-17th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Greece
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/54847
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold and pigments on panel
- Dimensions
- 27.31 x 20.32 x 2.86 cm (10 3/4 x 8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Temple Gallery, London, Sold to Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg, 1970. See file for invoice
Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg, New York, Bought from Temple Gallery, London, April 15., 1970, Bequest to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- 2005.9
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Panel with painted frontal half-length figure of Saint Andrew the Apostle wearing a red tunic and holding a scroll in his left hand, against a gold background. His halo has a punched decoration. Inscription in Greek lettering in top corners.
Verification Level
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