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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1918.37
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
God the Father Enthroned; Death of a Bishop Saint
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Saint Sylvester; Death of a Bishop Saint
Former Title: God the Father Enthroned; Death of a Bishop
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1325
Culture
Italian, Umbrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232020

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Plaster
Technique
Fresco painting
Dimensions
193.04 x 52.39 cm (76 x 20 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stefano Bardini, Florence, sold [through his sale, 1918, lot 483]; to W. W. Seaman, sold [1]; to Edward W. Forbes and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, 1918, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1918

Notes
[1] Per 2000 Bardini collection catalogue

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1918
Object Number
1918.37
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description

Publication History

  • Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 224 [as 14th century Italian School]
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), pp. 112, 282, repr. b/w cat. no. 483
  • Everett Fahy, Dipinti, disegni, miniature, stampe, Alberto Bruschi (Florence, Italy, 2000), no. 440, p. 50, repr. in b/w pp. 357 as tav. 6a, 440

Verification Level

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