DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Two Venetian Landscape Sketches

19th-20th century

Artists

Denman Waldo RossArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor on off-white laid paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

28.7 x 22.3 cm (11 5/16 x 8 3/4 in.) top image: 12.5 x 22.3 cm (4 15/16 x 8 3/4 in.) bottom image: 13.7 x 22.3 cm (5 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

Provenance

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

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