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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.21.5
People
Félix Boisselier, French (Damphal, France 1776 - 1811 Rome)
Title
The Mouth of Truth
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
album page, drawing
Date
1809-1810
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293314

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink over graphite on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 19.6 x 17.6 cm (7 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Watermark: EDS
    Inscribed on verso in brown ink: conjugations of Italian verbs
    Inscribed by Leclère in graphite on album sheet at lower center: Boisellier

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Achille Leclère. Achille Lecère and heirs
Mme Fassier.
Claude Darton, Avignon.
Unidentified Dealer, Paris.
Lucien Goldschmidt, New York.
Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan, New York.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.21.5
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Architecture and the Achille Leclère-Ingres Sketchbook, Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc. (New York, 1964), no. 124 (6)
  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 33, repr.

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