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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Composition after Botticelli
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Composition after Botticelli

Artist Werner Drewes (American, born Germany, 1899-1985)
Date1938
Made/manufacturedUnited States of America, North and Central America
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Dr. and Mrs. David A. Cofrin with additional funds provided by exchange, gift of Helen Sawyer Farnsworth
Object number2006.5
On View
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Collections
DescriptionAbstract rendering of figures against the backdrop of a perspectival architectural study. Likely inspired by Botticelli's Three Miracles of St. Zenobius (1500–1510, tempura on wood) in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1911.
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Progression to the Left
Werner Drewes
1985
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Untitled, Virginia, from series Jessie Mann: Self Possessed
Len Prince
2005
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Botticelli and Simonetta
Jiri Anderle
1978
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Boats
Hulda Werner
undated
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Akwadzan (female)
Juliana Kweifio-Okai
late 1960s
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Election Night
Jack Levine
1969
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The Prison after the Earthquake
Frank Hamilton Taylor
1880
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A Meal after the Earthquake
Frank Hamilton Taylor
1880
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Arrow Vase with Teadust Glaze
China
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), late 18th-19th century
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Finger Citron and Peach Group
China
18th-19th Century
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Seated Female Figure
Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco
200-400
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Study for Star Spangled Man Series
Kenneth A. Kerslake
undated

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