1954.113: The Game of Trictrac

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1954.113

People

Jean-Michel Moreau, called Moreau le jeune, French (Paris 1741 - 1814 Paris)

Title

The Game of Trictrac

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Le Partie de Tric-Trac

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1761

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/294159

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper, laid down on tan laid paper, with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face

Dimensions

10.9 x 15.9 cm (4 5/16 x 6 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.l.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Terracin; David-Weill. Sold in Paris, Hotel Drouot, 1911.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles E. Dunlap

Accession Year

1954

Object Number

1954.113

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Alvin L. Clark, Jr., "To Delight the Eye": French Drawings and Paintings from the Collection of Charles E. Dunlap, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 2005), no. 22

Exhibition History

• "To Delight the Eye": French Drawings and Paintings from the Collection of Charles E. Dunlap, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/17/2005 - 03/12/2006

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