Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mosaic From Basilica di San Marco, Venice, Italy
Object Number:
1935.85.2.95
Date:
c. 1875
Medium:
Graphite on green-gray paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 9/16 x 6 in. (9 x 15.2 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower right: "CB"
Inscribed in graphite on sketchbook page, below drawing: "Mosaic over door of St. Marc"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Recto: Figures around a dead body, possibly Christ. Drawing is in a half circle shape - possibly after a mural.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
