Harvard Art Museums > 1999.13: Study of Two Young Men (Puppeteers?) Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study of Two Young Men (Puppeteers?) (Jérome-François Chantereau) , 1999.13,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/294002. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1999.13 People Jérome-François Chantereau, French (Paris 1710 - 1757 Paris) Title Study of Two Young Men (Puppeteers?) Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 18th century Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/294002 Physical Descriptions Medium Black, red and white chalk with touches of graphite on tan antique laid paper, laid down on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black and brown ink Dimensions 20 x 31 cm (7 7/8 x 12 3/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: verso, old mount, right side, black ink: De nos bergers... / Nous arrivons dans un bocage / Dont le vert est tendre feuillage / garantissait des feux toujour / Nos yeux y decouvrent d'amour / Du sommeil il goutait des charmes / A ses cotes etaient des armes / Zelis dis je retirons nous / Je crais qu'il ne soit encourroux / D'etre troublé quand il sommeille / vous dep(eur)? ces surveilles / Zelis sourit a mon discours / Et me dit cher Lias tu trembles toujours / Je veux pourtant eprouvait ton courage / Et pour plair aussy ce dieux volage / il faut mieux que tu preuves ces traits / Pour quoy ces desirs indiscrets? / mortel tu refuses de faire / Ce que tu fais ne peut me plaire / Que refuser sa beauté!... [with numerous corrections and strikethroughs] collector's mark: lower left, black ink: Charles-Philippe, Marquis de Chennevières-Pointel, Paris and Bellême (L.2073) inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: [illegible] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Charles-Philippe, Marquis de Chennevières-Pointel, Paris and Bellême (his mark, L.2073, lower left, black ink); his sale, 1900, part of lot 72, sold; to Ducrey; sale, London, Christie's, 14 April 1992, lot 155; W.M. Brady and Co., New York, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, 1994, inv. no. D-F-47, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999, inv. no. 1999.13 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz Accession Year 1999 Object Number 1999.13 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History marquis Charles-Philippe Chennevières-Pointel, "Une collection de dessins d'artistes français", L'Artiste (Paris, 1897), vol. XXI, October, p. 265 Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée, Jean-Francois Méjanès, Alain Mérot, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, Sophie Raux-Carpentier, William W. Robinson, Marianne Roland Michel, and Pierre Rosenberg, Mastery & Elegance: Two Centuries of French Drawings from the Collection of Jeffrey E. Horvitz, exh. cat., ed. Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1998), cat. no. A.64, p. 413 Louis-Antoine Prat and Laurence Lhinares, La collection Chennevieres: quatre siècles de dessins français, Musée du Louvre (Paris, 2007), cat. no. 1227, p. 528, repr. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
