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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1967.72
People
David Roberts, British (Edinburgh, Scotland 1796 - 1864 London England)
Title
The Fortress of the Alhambra, Granada
Other Titles
Alternate Title: View of Granada
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1836
Culture
British, Scottish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311617

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
46.3 × 112.8 cm (18 1/4 × 44 7/16 in.)
framed: 69.2 × 134.6 × 8.9 cm (27 1/4 × 53 × 3 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l.: David Roberts 1836

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The artist, sold; to Lord Northwick, by descent; to Captain Edward George Spencer-Churchill, sold [through his estate sale, Christie, Manson, & Woods, London, June 25, 1965, lot 105]; to R. Vergier. Richard L. Feigen, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1967

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard L. Feigen
Accession Year
1967
Object Number
1967.72
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • [Unidentified article], The Literary gazette and journal of belles lettres, arts, sciences, &c. (February 20, 1836), p. 121
  • James Ballentine, The Life of David Roberts, compiled from His Journals and Other Sources (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1866), p. 72
  • "Some Recent Acquisitions", Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions, 1966-1967, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1968), repr. in b/w p. 121
  • David Irwin and Francina Irwin, Scottish Painters at Home and Abroad, 1700-1900, Faber & Faber (London) (London, England, 1975), p. 333
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 127
  • Brandon Ruud and Corey Piper, Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820-1920, exh. cat., Milwaukee Art Museum and Chrysler Museum of Art (Milwaukee, Norfolk, 2020), cat. no. 7, p. 3, repr. pp 28-29

Exhibition History

  • Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820-1920, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, 02/12/2021 - 05/16/2021; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, 06/11/2021 - 10/03/2021

Verification Level

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