Bronze Horses, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1917.142
People: Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
Title: Bronze Horses, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1889
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/305917

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 56.3 x 39.6 cm (22 3/16 x 15 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: blue watercolor, l.r.: JOSEPH LINDEN SMITH / VENICE 1889
inscription: lr: Joseph Lindon Smith/Venice 1889

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Gift (?) of the artist to Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1917.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Denman W. Ross
Accession Year: 1917
Object Number: 1917.142
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013
32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/28/2023 - 05/07/2023

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