Studies for <i>San Salvador, 1492</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920s
name: label: original artist
content: Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Unsigned sheet; Gerome Ferris explores in pencil a possibility for the central group in his painting, <i>San Salvador, 1492</i>. Here Columbus flourishes his sword above his head whereas in the painting he gestures forward with it. There is also a preliminary study for the crossbowman at left front in the painting.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Ferris Collection
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content: Communications
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0650.007
label: accession number
content: 1985.0650
label: catalog number
content: 85.0650.007
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: graphite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: sheet: 24 cm x 16.5 cm; 9 7/16 in x 6 1/2 in