Study for the Portrait of Prince Aleksandr Borisovich Kurakin. Verso: Oval portrait of a woman

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.1
People: Workshop of Jean-Marc Nattier, French (Paris 1685 - 1766 Paris)
Title: Study for the Portrait of Prince Aleksandr Borisovich Kurakin. Verso: Oval portrait of a woman
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1728
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/294307

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Black chalk on cream antique laid paper, squared in black chalk (recto and verso)
Dimensions: actual: 31.5 x 24.3 cm (12 3/8 x 9 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Agnes Mongan, Cambridge, Mass., consigned to Grogan & Co., 1993.
Grogan & Company, Boston, sold at auction, 1993. Sale, September 21, 1993, no. 230, repr.
Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994. no. 2774, repr.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Drawing Department Discretionary Fund
Accession Year: 1995
Object Number: 1995.1
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Xavier Salmon, Jean-Marc Nattier, 1685-1766, exh. cat., Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Paris, 1999), cat. 10, pp. 76-78; repr. fig. 1 (recto), fig. 2 (verso) on p. 76

Verification Level

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