A Tomb by a River | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 10.1994
People: Alphonse Nicolas-Michel Mandevare, French (1759/60 - 1829)
Title: A Tomb by a River
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/294275

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk on off-white laid paper

Dimensions

41.5 x 55.5 cm (16 5/16 x 21 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: upper left, brown ink: Michel Mandevare

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Sotheby's, London, July 6, 1992, lot 128a (bought in)]. [Sotheby's, New York, January 12, 194, lot 67b]. [W.M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York] sold; to Kathryn and William W. Robinson, Newton, Mass., 1994

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Kathryn K. Robinson
Object Number: 10.1994
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Laurence Lhinares, "Apropos the Artist Generally Known as 'Alphonse Nicolas Michel Mandevare'", Master Drawings (Spring 2023), 61, no. 1, pp. 63-74, pp. 69, 73 n. 38

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10.1994: A Tomb by a River