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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.204
People
Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, French (Valenciennes, France 1827 - 1875 Courbevoie France)
Title
A Ceremony of Investiture
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Sketch for Coronation / Biblical Scene
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1800-c. 1850
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228567

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
65.72 x 40.96 cm (25 7/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l.: J. B. Carpeaux

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Julius H. Weitzner, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1956

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Robert Rantoul Endicott
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
1956.204
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 108; repr. as no. 280

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