1936.150.68: J. R. Scrofoloso

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1936.150.68

People

Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)

Title

J. R. Scrofoloso

Other Titles

Former Title: Profile of a Youth

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1907

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/231088

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvasboard

Dimensions

34.9 x 27.3 cm (13 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Signed Date: 1907
• inscription: lower right: J. R. Scrofoloso/Painted in Venice.
• inscription: on back: Carlino/Venice Casa [Scrafarin]/August 2nd 1907/Underpainting Yel. Ochre Pulled up to white/Fr. Ultram pulled down to black/Now I need the Scale./BF/YG/OR--this part of the Scale should/have [ ] 11th R[ ] coinciding with the lips/B/Y/R/GB/OY--little too high in pitch/VR/G/O/V

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Bequest of the artist to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Denman W. Ross, Class of 1875

Accession Year

1936

Object Number

1936.150.68

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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