Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.46
People
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German (1794 - 1872)
Title
Ruth and Naomi Travelling to Bethlehem
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1825
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295044

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray and brown ink on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 21.5 x 25.9 cm (8 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart, 30 October 1956, lot 292], sold. Gustav Stein, Cologne (1903-1979). [Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund, Louise Haskell Daly Fund and Paul J. Sachs Memorial Fund
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.46
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

  • "Die Graphische Sammlung Gustav Stein: Zu einigen deutschen Blättern", Festschrift für Gustav Stein, p. 129
  • William W. Robinson, Classicism-Romanticism-Realism: German Drawings from Mengs to Menzel in the Harvard University Art Museums, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), checklist no. 38, repr.
  • Jeffrey Fontana, Timeless Beauty: Representing the Ideal in Necoclassical Drawing, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1999), checklist no. 38, fig. 10

Exhibition History

  • 19th-Century German Drawings and Watercolors, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 07/01/1981 - 08/31/1981
  • From Mengs to Menzel: 19th-Century German Drawings, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 10/28/1981 - 12/22/1981
  • 19th-Century Drawings from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/01/1983 - 10/09/1983
  • The Age of Romanticism, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/15/1986 - 05/18/1986
  • Classicism-Romanticism-Realism: German Drawings from Mengs to Menzel in the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/04/1998 - 06/28/1998
  • Timeless Beauty: Representing the Ideal in Neoclassical Drawing, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/07/1999 - 10/31/1999

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu