Harvard Art Museums > 1948.15.10: Study for the Portrait of Désiré Joseph Mercier Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study for the Portrait of Désiré Joseph Mercier (Cecilia Beaux) , 1948.15.10,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229505. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1948.15.10 People Cecilia Beaux, American (Philadelphia, PA 1855 - 1942 Philadelphia, PA) Title Study for the Portrait of Désiré Joseph Mercier Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1919 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/229505 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on wood panel Dimensions 26 x 18.1 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/8 in.) framed: 29.9 x 21.6 x 1.9 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: back of board, black ink, in artist's hand: Sketch for portrait / of the Cardinal / Mercier owned / by National Gallery / in Washington / C. Beaux label: back of board, graphite on paper, handwritten: 16 inscription: back of board, black ink, stencilled, French: 3 / BLANCHET / 38 / RUE BONAPARTE / PARIS Provenance Recorded Ownership History By descent from the artist to her nephew, Dr. Cecil K. Drinker; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1948. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Cecil K. Drinker Accession Year 1948 Object Number 1948.15.10 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Mercier was made Cardinal in 1907. The finished version of this painting is at the National Gallery of American Art/National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Publication History The Paintings and Drawings of Cecilia Beaux, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, PA, 1955), p. 79 Cecilia Beaux: Portrait of an Artist, exh. cat., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, PA, 1974), no. 70, repr. p. 114 Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 40, cat. no. 13 Exhibition History Cecilia Beaux: Portrait of an Artist, Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadephia, 09/06/1974 - 10/20/1974; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, 01/21/1975 - 03/02/1975 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
