1943.1222: Atlas Supporting the World
Medals and Medallions
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.1222
- People
-
Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
After Giovanni Antonio De Rossi, Italian (Milan, Italy 1616 - 1695 Rome, Italy)
- Title
- Atlas Supporting the World
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medallion
- Date
- 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/229933
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- White jasperware figure on purple painted background
- Technique
- Jasperware
- Dimensions
- 2.1 x 1.8 x 0.3 cm (13/16 x 11/16 x 1/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.1222
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Publication History
- Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 3, p. 10
Exhibition History
- Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944
Verification Level
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