Harvard Art Museums > 1917.139: Church of San Giovanni, Lucca Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Church of San Giovanni, Lucca (Henry Roderick Newman) , 1917.139,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 08, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/305989. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1917.139 People Henry Roderick Newman, American (Easton NY 1843 - 1917 Florence Italy) Title Church of San Giovanni, Lucca Other Titles Former Title: Facade of the Church of San Giovanni Former Title: Study of a Tuscan Cathedral Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1885 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/305989 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor over graphite on heavy off-white wove paper Dimensions 35 x 28.9 cm (13 3/4 x 11 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: blue watercolor, l.l.: H R Newman inscription: Signed in blue watercolor, lower left: H.R. Newman Provenance Recorded Ownership History Purchased from the artist by Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA, c. 1887; 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 1917.139 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 Linda S. Ferber and William H. Gerdts, The New Path: Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphaelites, exh. cat., Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY, 1985), p. 209, cat. 62, ill. Christopher Finch, Nineteenth-Century Watercolors, Abbeville Press (New York, NY, 1991), reproduced in b/w p. 226 Royal W. Leith, Ruskin and his American Followers in Tuscany: A Historical Study, Brentham Press (St. Albans,UK, 1994), p. 11, note 34, plate 11 Royal W. Leith, "The Expatriate Years of Henry Roderick Newman", The Magazine Antiques, Straight Enterprises (New York, NY, April 1996), pp. 574-83, pp. 574-83 Royal W. Leith, A Quiet Devotion: The Life and Work of Henry Roderick Newman, exh. cat., Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Inc. (New York, NY, 1996), cat. no. 22, color plate 22 Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, Melissa Renn, and Susan C. Ricci, The Last Ruskinians: Charles Eliot Norton, Charles Herbert Moore, and Their Circle, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2007), pp. 78, 95, pl. 35 Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 261, cat. 274, ill. p. 261 Exhibition History The New Path: Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphaelites, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, 03/29/1985 - 06/10/1985; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 07/03/1985 - 09/08/1985 A Quiet Devotion: The Life and Works of Henry Roderick Newman, Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Inc., New York, 04/26/1996 - 06/07/1996 The Last Ruskinians: Charles Eliot Norton, Charles Herbert Moore, and Their Circle, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/07/2007 - 07/08/2007 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
