Nude Youth Lying on the Floor, after Velazquez | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.153.174
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
After Diego Rodriguez Velázquez, Spanish (1599 - 1660)
Title: Nude Youth Lying on the Floor, after Velazquez
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Nude Youth Lying on the Floor, after Velazquez
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1926
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307403

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

25.6 x 35.7 cm (10 1/16 x 14 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, l.l.: DWR Nov. 1926
inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Triangle of ²2
inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Analysis of a painting by Velasquez / in private collection at Stockholm / Photograph in International Studio
watermark: [WARD']S BOSTON BOND

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Bequest of the artist to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Denman W. Ross, Class of 1875
Accession Year: 1936
Object Number: 1936.153.174
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Dynamic Symmetry: A Retrospective Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 02/05/1961 - 03/12/1961; Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 03/22/1961 - 04/19/1961; Carpenter Art Galleries, Hanover, 05/03/1961 - 05/31/1961

Verification Level

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