Details
| Artist | John La Farge, American, 1835-1910 |
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| Date | 1905 |
| Medium | watercolor over pencil on thin tissue paper mounted overall to paperboard |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 7/16 inches (24.1 × 34.1 cm) Mount: 10 1/2 × 13 7/8 inches (26.7 × 35.2 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Merrill Fund |
| Accession Number | 48.270 |
| Department | Prints, Drawings & Photographs |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Signed | Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right: JLF 190[illegible] |
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| Marks | Mark, in red ink, lower left: [Chinese chop mark of three characters in a circle] |
| Inscriptions | Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, lower left: Numa Pompilius | He sits listening to the nymph | instructing him. The font flows between them Inscribed, on mount, lower right: Design from Baltimore Court House | Return to John La Farge [struck through] | 51 W 10 |
Provenance
1948-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Bulletin of the DIA 29, 1 (1949-1950): pp. 18-20 (ill.).
Page, Addison Franklin. "Four Water Color Studies by John La Farge." Art Quarterly 12, 3 (1949): pp. 282-284.
Page, Addison Franklin. "Four Water Color Studies by John La Farge." Art Quarterly 12, 3 (1949): pp. 282-284.
