Dante Window (study for Paradiso, Circle 9: Border design, Constellations Leo and Virgo)

Violet Oakley, Dante Window (study for Paradiso, Circle 9: Border design, Constellations Leo and Virgo), ca. 1912, sanguine chalk on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation, 1983.39.21
Violet Oakley, Dante Window (study for Paradiso, Circle 9: Border design, Constellations Leo and Virgo), ca. 1912, sanguine chalk on paper, sheet: 15 3⁄4 x 9 3⁄8 in. (40.0 x 23.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation, 1983.39.21

Artwork Details

Title
Dante Window (study for Paradiso, Circle 9: Border design, Constellations Leo and Virgo)
Artist
Date
ca. 1912
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 15 3⁄4 x 9 3⁄8 in. (40.0 x 23.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
sanguine chalk on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Religion — angel
  • Literature — Dante — Divine Comedy
  • Study
Object Number
1983.39.21
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.39.21

Works by this artist (27 items)

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Violet Oakley, Dante Window (study for Paradiso, Medallion 11: Beatrice), ca. 1912, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation, 1983.39.14
Dante Window (study for Paradiso, Medallion 11: Beatrice)
Artist
Dateca. 1912
pencil on paper
Not on view
Violet Oakley, Dante Window (Layout study: Inferno, Paradiso, Purgatorio), ca. 1912, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation, 1983.39.22
Dante Window (Layout study: Inferno, Paradiso, Purgatorio)
Artist
Dateca. 1912
pencil on paper
Not on view
Violet Oakley, Robert Ward, n.d., sanguine and black chalk on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation, 1978.78
Robert Ward
Artist
Daten.d.
sanguine and black chalk on paper
Not on view
Violet Oakley, Dante Window (study for Paradiso, Circle 9: Border design, Constellations Leo and Virgo), ca. 1912, sanguine chalk on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation, 1983.39.21
Dante Window (study for Paradiso, Circle 9: Border design,…
Artist
Dateca. 1912
sanguine chalk on paper
Not on view

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