Angel, after Desiderio da Settignano
DrawingsAmerican19th century

Angel, after Desiderio da Settignano

1889

Artists

Joseph Lindon SmithArtist
Desiderio da SettignanoArtist after

Description

This is copied from the Marsuppini Monument at Santa Croce, Florence. The original was made c. 1453 - 1455. Verso shows a slight sketch of three Renaissance men that appear to be copied from another work.

Classification
Drawings
Medium
Watercolor and white gouache on heavy off-white wove paper
Culture
American
Century
19th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

39.4 x 28.2 cm (15 1/2 x 11 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Gift (?) of the artist to Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.

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