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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1990.52
People
Jacques Stella, French (Lyon 1596 - 1657 Paris)
Title
The Birth of the Virgin
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294579

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
Dimensions
irregular: 26.8 x 17.3 cm (10 9/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: none visible–drawing laid down

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Melvin R. Seiden, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1990, inv. no. 1990.52

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Melvin R. Seiden
Accession Year
1990
Object Number
1990.52
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Pierre Rosenberg, Passion for Drawing: Poussin to Cézanne, Works from the Prat Collection, exh. cat., Art Services International (Alexandria, VA, 2004), under cat. no. 12, fig. 1
  • Sylvain Laveissière and Gilles Chomer, Jacques Stella (1596-1657), exh. cat., Somogy Éditions d'Art (Paris, 2006), p. 232, fig. XV.1, repr.

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