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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.454
People
Claude Simpol, French (1666 - 1716)
Previously attributed to Michel II Corneille, French (Paris 1642 - 1708 Paris)
Title
Saint John the Evangelist
Other Titles
Alternate Title: St. John the Evangelist on the Island of Patmos Writing the Revelation
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th-18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294504

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown and black ink, brown and gray wash, black and red chalk, and off-white oil paint on cream antique laid paper, incised for transfer, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper (remnant of a register of names), adhered to a decorated mount
Dimensions
26.5 × 18.3 cm (10 7/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: none
  • inscription: lower center, black chalk: St Jean [illegible]
  • inscription: mount, verso, upper left, graphite: ARC / C/G / 8

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund, inv. no. 1986.454

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
1986
Object Number
1986.454
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Old Master and 19th-Century Drawings and Oil Sketches, auct. cat., W. M. Brady & Co., Inc. (New York, 2014), under cat. no. 14
  • 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), cat. no. 46, repr.
  • Traits et portraits: Dessins du XVIIe au XIXe siècle / Portraits and Sketches: 17th to 19th Century Drawings, auct. cat., Sabrier & Paunet (Paris, 2025), p. 49, repr. p. 46

Verification Level

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