DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Staff-head, after Giottino

19th-20th century

Artists

Charles Herbert MooreArtist

Giottino (Giotto di Maestro Stefano)Artist after

Description

This is copied from a staff in Giottino's "Pieta with Saints Benedict and Remi," painted for the Church of S. Remigio, now at the Uffizi. It dates to late in the 14th century.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and wash over graphite on heavy off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

30.5 x 25 cm (12 x 9 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Fine Arts Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; transferred to Fogg Art Museum, 1926.

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