1965.21.15.C: Portrait of Louis Desnoyers and Fromental Halévy

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1965.21.15.C

People

Michel-Martin Drolling, French (Paris 1786 - 1851 Paris)

Title

Portrait of Louis Desnoyers and Fromental Halévy

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

album page, drawing

Date

c. 1833

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/293761

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink on tan wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 17.7 x 14.6 cm (6 15/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Signed in graphite at lower left: Drolling. Inscribed in graphite at lower right: Desnoyer; along upper left margin: halevy. Inscribed by Leclère in graphite on album sheet at lower right: desnoyer par Droling; at upper left: halevy

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

1965.21.15.C

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Architecture and the Achille Leclère-Ingres Sketchbook, Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc. (New York, 1964), no. 124 (28)
• Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 158, repr.

Related Works

• 1965.21

  Various Artists

  "Leclère" Album

  Drawings

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