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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.702
People
Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
Title
Gisant Figure of Galileo, Santa Croce, Florence, Italy (recto and verso)
Other Titles
Former Title: Tombstone of Galileo
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1886
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305874

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor & white gouache over graphite on off-white wove ppr; verso: graphite
Dimensions
50 x 31.2 cm (19 11/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
image: 46.5 x 17.3 cm (18 5/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: red watercolor, u.l.: JOSEPH LINDEN SMITH FLORENCE 1886
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: Frame / 13 3/8 x 24 3/4
  • watermark: J. WHAT[MAN]
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: F-1
  • inscription: u.r., graphite: 18 1/5
  • inscription: u.r., graphite: 6 1/2 / 6 7/8

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift (?) of the artist to Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.702
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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