DrawingsAmerican19th century

Detail from the Ambassadors Departing, after Carpaccio

1887

Artists

Denman Waldo RossArtist

Vittore CarpaccioArtist after

Description

This is a detail from one of the panels of the story of St. Ursula by Carpaccio in the the collection of the Accademia in Venice.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 37.9 x 25.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Bequest of the artist to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

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