View of the Bay of Naples | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1956.41
People: George Loring Brown, American (Boston, MA 1814 - 1889 Malden, MA)
Title: View of the Bay of Naples
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1855
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/308395

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite with white gouache on brown wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 18.2 x 25.1 cm (7 3/16 x 9 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, l.c.: GLB; l.l.: 1855
inscription: original mount, graphite, English: Castellamare de Monde Copola (G.L.N.)[sic?]. per curatorial file.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Giovanni Castano, Boston MA, Sold to Fogg Art Museum, 1956.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, William C. Heilman Fund
Accession Year: 1956
Object Number: 1956.41
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 53, ill.

Exhibition History

American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972

Verification Level

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1956.41: View of the Bay of Naples