Harvard Art Museums > 1999.10: Old Man Accosting a Young Woman 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"Old Man Accosting a Young Woman (Pierre-Alexandre Wille) , 1999.10,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/294189. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1999.10 People Pierre-Alexandre Wille, French (Paris 1748 - 1821 Paris) Title Old Man Accosting a Young Woman Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1774 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/294189 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink and brown wash over black chalk on toned cream antique laid paper, laid down on laid paper, framing lines in brown ink Dimensions 30.7 x 25.3 cm (12 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: signed and dated, middle right, black ink, in artist's hand: P.A. Wille filius / del 1774 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Nicolas Joly at Galerie Yves Mikaeloff, Paris, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, 1994 (inv. no. D-F-311), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz Accession Year 1999 Object Number 1999.10 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 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.374, p. 433. 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
