DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark

19th-20th century

Artists

Joseph Lindon SmithArtist

Jacopo TintorettoArtist after

Description

The original by Tintoretto was painted 1562-66 for the Scuola Grande di San Marco. It is now in the Pinacoteca, Brera, Italy.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

sight: 33.4 x 34 cm (13 1/8 x 13 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Gift (?) of the artist to Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

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