Collection Highlights
"In relation to Foreign Nations." Draft of Federalist #64
Date:
ca. 1788
Object Number:
MSS.JohnJayPapers.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Study of Tintoretto's "Crucifixion", Eglise San Cassiano, Venice, Italy
Object Number:
1935.85.1.103
Date:
1875
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 11/16 x 7 7/8 in. (17 x 20 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at upper left: "Venice 2nd June 75/Tintoretto/Eglise St. Cassiano";
Inscribed in graphite on sketchbook page, below sketch: "Picture said to have inspired / Velasques in [Ibelaneus?]"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album with 180 drawings (179 tipped in, one on verso of albumn page) by Beckwith and Sargent.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
