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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2000.68
People
Charles-Norbert Roëttiers, French (1720 - 1772)
Title
Medal Design with Hercules Battling the Lernean Hydra: LABORE ET CONSTANTIA
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294186

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk with traces of graphite, and guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
Dimensions
diameter: 20.2 cm (7 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, lower edge: C. N. Röettiers filius in. et f.
  • inscription: graphite, lower edge: C.N. Röettiers filius in. et f.
  • watermark: none visible–drawing laid down

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Robert Carfrae, Scotland, sold at Glendining & Co., London, 1990. Sale, November 28, 1990, no. 320. The drawing was acquired by Robert Carfrae (1820-1900) during the 19th century, and was consigned to auction ninety years after his death.
Cyril Humphris, London, purchased from Glendining & Co., 1990, sold at Sotheby's, New York, 1995. Sale Jan. 10, 1995, lot 64
Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, purchased from Sotheby's, New York, 1995, sold to HUAM, 2000, 2000. long-term loan to HUAM, 1995-2000

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Hope and Julian Edison
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
2000.68
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Hercules wearing a lion skin attacks the Hydra with his club.

Publication History

  • Daniel Fearon, "An Album of Drawings: Jeton and Medal Designs by Edme Bouchardon and Other Hands", The Medal (1991), no. 19, Autumn, no. 25, p. 35, reproduced in b/w
  • Alvin L. Clark, Jr. and Edouard Kopp, French Drawings from the Age of Claude, Poussin, Watteau, and Fragonard: Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2022), p. 18

Verification Level

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