Head of Christ, from the Stigmatization of St. Francis, after Taddeo Gaddi

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.149
People: Sheldon Keck, American (1910 - 1993)
After Taddeo Gaddi, Italian (active c.1325 - 1366)
Title: Head of Christ, from the Stigmatization of St. Francis, after Taddeo Gaddi
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: c. 1936
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/230815

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Tempera on panel
Dimensions: 17.8 x 12.7 cm (7 x 5 in.)
framed: 22.2 x 17.8 x 1.9 cm (8 3/4 x 7 x 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Sheldon Keck.
Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Sheldon Keck
Accession Year: 1936
Object Number: 1936.149
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Copy of the head of Christ from the "Stigmatization of St. Francis" (1929.234) by Taddeo Gaddi. Keck was an art history student at Harvard and this was made as an exercise for Edward Waldo Forbes's class at the Fogg titled "Methods and Processes of Painting."

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