DrawingsAmerican19th century

Barbarigo Escutcheon of Angels with Shield, after Pietro Lombardo

1887

Artists

Joseph Lindon SmithArtist

Pietro LombardoArtist after

Description

This is a drawing after a marble chimneypiece at the Archaeological Museum in the Doge's apartment, Ducal Palace, Venice, decorated with the Barbarigo family's escutcheon. It was probably done by Pietro Lombardo or his shop.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

31 x 37.6 cm (12 3/16 x 14 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Gift (?) of the artist to Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1917.

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