Sketch of a tympanum, Palazzo Pretorio, Arezzo

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Sketch of a tympanum, Palazzo Pretorio, Arezzo
Sketch of a tympanum, Palazzo Pretorio, Arezzo
Artist/Maker (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
Not 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.
Markings Watermark: "P. MILIANI [logo] FABRIANO" at lower center.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "Arezzo" at lower right in pencil.
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