Harvard Art Museums > 1967.72: The Fortress of the Alhambra, Granada Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Fortress of the Alhambra, Granada (David Roberts) , 1967.72,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/311617. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1967.72 People David Roberts, British (Edinburgh, Scotland 1796 - 1864 London England) Title The Fortress of the Alhambra, Granada Other Titles Alternate Title: View of Granada Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1836 Culture British, Scottish Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/311617 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 46.3 × 112.8 cm (18 1/4 × 44 7/16 in.) framed: 69.2 × 134.6 × 8.9 cm (27 1/4 × 53 × 3 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.l.: David Roberts 1836 Provenance Recorded Ownership History The artist, sold; to Lord Northwick, by descent; to Captain Edward George Spencer-Churchill, sold [through his estate sale, Christie, Manson, & Woods, London, June 25, 1965, lot 105]; to R. Vergier. Richard L. Feigen, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1967 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard L. Feigen Accession Year 1967 Object Number 1967.72 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 [Unidentified article], The Literary gazette and journal of belles lettres, arts, sciences, &c. (February 20, 1836), p. 121 James Ballentine, The Life of David Roberts, compiled from His Journals and Other Sources (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1866), p. 72 "Some Recent Acquisitions", Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions, 1966-1967, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1968), repr. in b/w p. 121 David Irwin and Francina Irwin, Scottish Painters at Home and Abroad, 1700-1900, Faber & Faber (London) (London, England, 1975), p. 333 Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 127 Brandon Ruud and Corey Piper, Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820-1920, exh. cat., Milwaukee Art Museum and Chrysler Museum of Art (Milwaukee, Norfolk, 2020), cat. no. 7, p. 3, repr. pp 28-29 Exhibition History Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820-1920, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, 02/12/2021 - 05/16/2021; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, 06/11/2021 - 10/03/2021 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
