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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1263.B
People
Unidentified Artist
After Eustache Le Sueur, French (Paris 1616 - 1655 Paris)
Title
Saint Bruno and his Companions distributing their Possessions, after le Sueur
Classification
Plaques
Work Type
plaque
Date
17th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226201

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gilt bronze
Dimensions
49.83 g, 8.2 x 8.1 x 0.3 cm (3 1/4 x 3 3/16 x 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1263.B
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
A group of men stand on the steps of a row of buildings to meet a group of beggars on the street below (note that the composition is reversed from the original painting).

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