DrawingsAmerican19th century

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, after Filippino Lippi

1886

Artists

Joseph Lindon SmithArtist

Filippino LippiArtist after

Description

This is a copy of part of a fresco altarpiece by Filippino Lippi at the Mercatale, Prato, done in 1498. The original is a triptych with the Madonna and Child and saints.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24.4 x 19.6 cm (9 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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