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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2000.235
People
Simon Vouet, French (Paris 1590 - 1649 Paris)
Title
Adoration of the Shepherds
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/179604

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk with touches of white gouache on light tan antique laid paper, squared in black chalk
Dimensions
33.5 x 21 cm (13 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, black chalk: vouet
  • watermark: center: Churchill 427

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private Collection, Paris; sale, Christie's, London, 4 July 2000, lot 151; Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund, 2000.235

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
2000.235
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée, Dessins de Simon Vouet, Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Paris, 1987), under cat. no. LXX, pp. 114-15
  • Mylène Sarant, An 'Adoration of the shepherds' by Simon Vouet in Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Evry, The Burlington Magazine (March 2017), Vol. 159, No. 1368, pp. 187-191, pp. 187-188, repr. p. 188 as fig. 5
  • Didier Rykner, Un Simon Vouet redécouvert dans une église d'île-de-France, La Tribune de l'Art (March 3, 2017), e-journal, [http://www.latribunedelart.com/un-simon-vouet-redecouvert-dans-une-eglise-d-ile-de-france], accessed 3/13/2017
  • Alvin L. Clark, Jr. and Edouard Kopp, French Drawings from the Age of Claude, Poussin, Watteau, and Fragonard: Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2022), p. 52, fig. 4

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