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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.452
People
John Piper, British (Epsom, Surrey 1903 - 1992 Henley-on-Thames)
After Giorgione (Giorgio da Castelfranco), Italian (Castelfranco Veneto, Italy 1477 - 1510 Venice, Italy)
Title
Copy of Giorgione's "Tempesta"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1952
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296451

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, gray wash, and purple crayon on cream wove paper
Dimensions
37.8 x 38.1 cm (14 7/8 x 15 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., black ink: John Piper

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs (L. 2091), Cambridge, Massachusetts, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.452
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Paul J. Sachs, Modern Prints and Drawings, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (New York, NY, 1954), pl. 169
  • Daniel M. Mendelowitz, David L. Faber, and Duane A. Wakeham, A Guide to Drawing, Thomson Wadsworth (Belmont, CA, 2007), fig. 4-8, p. 62

Verification Level

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