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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.292
People
Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
Copy after Andrea del Verrocchio, Italian (1435 - 1488)
Title
Putto and Dolphin, after Verrocchio
Other Titles
Former Title: Cupid and Dolphin
Former Title: Bruto ma Allegro
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1886
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306066

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on blue-buff laid paper
Dimensions
20.9 x 17 cm (8 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.c.: Florence 1886 / Joseph Linden Smith
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: Bruto ma allegro [this may be Denman Ross's hand]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift (?) of the artist to Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1919.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross, class of '75
Accession Year
1919
Object Number
1919.292
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This is a drawing after a bronze sculpture by Verrocchio at the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence.

Verification Level

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