DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Tree, from the Background of a Picture by an Early Flemish Master, in the Uffizi Gallery at Florence

c. 1877-1878

Artists

Charles Herbert MooreArtist

Hans MemlingArtist after

Description

This is copied from a tree in the background of Hans Memling's 15th-century "Portrait of a Man," now in the Uffizi Gallery.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

28.2 x 19.4 cm (11 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.)

Provenance

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

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