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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.21.23
People
Merry-Joseph Blondel, French (Paris 1781 - 1853 Paris)
Title
View of the Battlements of Grottaferrata with Mount Cavo in the Background
Other Titles
Former Title: View of the Battlements of Grottaferrata with Monte Gennaro in the Background
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
album page, drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293821

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
22.3 × 33.4 cm (8 3/4 × 13 1/8 in.)

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
1965.21.23
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 (39)
  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 22, repr.

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