DrawingsAmerican19th century

Pallas Athena, Study for Felton Memorial Window, Memorial Hall, Harvard Univ.

1898

Artists

John La FargeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on buff wove paper, mounted to cardboard

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

image: 29.5 x 21.2 cm (11 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.) mount: 50.3 x 38.2 cm (19 13/16 x 15 1/16 in.) actual: 48.2 x 34.9 cm (19 x 13 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Jeannette Dwight Bliss (Mrs. George Theodore Bliss), New York, 1911, bequest; to her daughter Susan Dwight Bliss, 1924, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949

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