1927.295: Annunciation; verso: Sketches for Church Interior

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1927.295

People

George Hawley Hallowell, American (Boston, MA 1871-1926 Boston, MA)

Title

Annunciation; verso: Sketches for Church Interior

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Annunciation, copy after ___?; verso: various sketches of painting for the interior of a church

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

before 1926

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306395

Location

Location

Level 2, Room 2540, European Art, 13th–16th century, The Renaissance

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Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on illustration board, waxed

Dimensions

32.7 x 52.7 cm (12 7/8 x 20 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: red watercolor, l.r.: Geo. H. Hallowell
• inscription: verso, in image, graphite, in artist's hand: [partial transcription:] Angels opening doors; [illegible] / the beginning of / the Church; Angels opening doors; the Coming of Christ; The First Stones of the Christian Church

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Harriet Hallowell, Sold to Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, William M. Prichard Fund

Accession Year

1927

Object Number

1927.295

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2024 - 03/17/2025

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