1943.1815.19.15.B: A Roman Reclining on a Couch (The Roman Album)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1815.19.15.B

People

Jacques-Louis David, French (Paris 1748 - 1825 Brussels)

Title

A Roman Reclining on a Couch (The Roman Album)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing, album page

Date

1775-1780

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/293389

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black crayon and gray wash on off-white laid paper, laid down to pale green laid paper

Dimensions

actual: 12.3 x 19 cm (4 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Inscribed by David in gray wash, lower left: tombeau romain; in black crayon, lower center: au capitole; paraphs of Eugène and Jules David (L. 839; L. 1437) in brown ink at lower right

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1815.19.15.B

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Stephan Wolohojian, Ingres, Burne-Jones, Whistler, Renoir... La Collection Grenville L. Winthrop, exh. cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon and Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Paris, France, 2003)

Exhibition History

• A Private Passion: 19th-Century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection, Harvard University, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon, 03/15/2003 - 05/26/2003; National Gallery, London, 06/25/2003 - 09/14/2003; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 10/23/2003 - 01/25/2004

Related Works

• 1943.1815.19.1.A-15.B

  Jacques-Louis David

  The Roman Album

  Drawings

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