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Circular print in black ink showing crowds of figures and cherubs.

Circular, cream-colored paper printed with gray-black ink. Crowds of figures are arranged in concentric circles around a central scene of two men surrounded by flowing cloth seated on clouds and surrounded by cherubs. A dove appears in the space between their heads, and rays of light beam out from around it. The circular layers of figures around this central vignette include seated, standing, and reclining men and women on foundations of clouds, many wearing long robes and holding items such as crosses, scepters, harps, and even what appears to be a human torso. Winged cherubs are interspersed among the crowds.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G99
People
Gérard Audran, French (1640 - 1703)
After Pierre Mignard, French (Troyes, France 1612 - 1695 Paris, France)
Title
Felicity of the Blessed, Ceiling of the Church of Val-de-Grâce, Paris
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1693
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/276299

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and engraving on cream antique laid paper, mounted on linen
Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
diameter: 133.9 cm (52 11/16 in.)
framed: 148.6 × 148.9 cm (58 1/2 × 58 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, along edge below image: P. Mignard Eques inven. et pinxit
  • inscription: in plate, along edge below image: Gravées par Audran Chez qui elle se vendent / A Paris rue St. Jacques aux 2. Piliers d'or Avec Privil. du Roy

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Meyer 37

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G99
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/20/2020 - 07/27/2021

Verification Level

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