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Artist/Maker
Dorothy Shakespear
(British, 1886 – 1973)
Datec. 1935
MediumPencil on paper
DimensionsSheet: 10 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (27.6 × 22.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Object number2001.4.31.24
On view
DescriptionPencil sketch of an architectural detail: a bas-relief of a knight on horseback in the tympanum of a doorway in the building which is now the Biblioteca Città di Arezzo (formerly the Palazzo Pretorio) on the Via degli Albergotti, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy.
Additional Details
Alternate Titles
Sketch of a tympanum, Arezzo
Provenance
2001: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Omar S. Pound;
by 1973 - 2001: Omar S. Pound, by gift or inheritance from Dorothy Shakespear.
by 1973 - 2001: Omar S. Pound, by gift or inheritance from Dorothy Shakespear.
Markings
Watermark: "P. MILIANI [logo] FABRIANO" at lower center.
Signature
Not signed.
Inscribed
"Arezzo" at lower right in pencil.
Dorothy Shakespear
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Medium: Pencil on paper
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Date: unknown
Medium: Pencil and watercolor on paper
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