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Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)

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Study of Tintoretto's "Adoration of the Magi" in Scuola di San Rocco, Venice, Italy

Object Number: 
1935.85.1.118
Artist/Maker:
James Carroll Beckwith
Date: 
1875
Medium: 
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions: 
Sheet (1935.85.1.118A): 7 3/4 x 10 1/8 in. (19.7 x 25.7 cm) Sheet (1935.85.1.118A): 9 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. (23.8 x 18.1 cm)
Inscriptions: 
1935.85.1.118A: (Print) Inscribed in graphite vertically along left margin of print: "Purchased in Rome 1911."; printed below image: "13647 - VENEZIA - Adorazione dei Magi - Tintoretto - Scuola di S. Rocco Riproduzione interdetta - Anderson - Roma" 1935.85.1.118B: (Drawing) Inscribed in graphite vertically along left edge: "Adoration of the Magi / Scuola di St Rocco"; and horizontally on bottom: "1875 Tintoretto"
Description: 
Drawing from a bound album with 180 drawings (179 tipped in, one on verso of albumn page) by Beckwith and Sargent. 1935.85.1.118A: A print of Tintoretto's "Adoration of the Magi," Scuola di San Rocco, Venice. 1935.85.1.118B: Drawing by Beckwith, study of Tintoretto's "Adoration of the Magi"
Credit Line: 
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group