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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1926.43
People
Noel Rooke, British (1881 - 1953)
Title
Death and Assumption of the Virgin, Lintel of Main Portal, Senlis Cathedral
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Watercolor copy of Sculpture of Lintel of Main Portal, Cathedral of Senlis
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1900
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306433

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on off-white wove paper, mounted to cardboard
Dimensions
30.4 x 57 cm (11 15/16 x 22 7/16 in.)
mount: 30.6 x 61.4 cm (12 1/16 x 24 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: watercolor, l.l., in image: N.R. / Senlis / MCM
  • inscription: backing mat, graphite: Rooke, copy of sculpture / of lintel of main portal, / cathedral of Senlis / [English?]
  • inscription: verso of mount, black ink: Noel Rooke / Senlis MCM

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Elizabeth G. Norton, Gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1926.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Elizabeth G. Norton
Accession Year
1926
Object Number
1926.43
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
The sculptures depicted are the death of the Virgin, at the left, and the Assumption of the Virgin at the right.

Verification Level

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