Portrait of Mademoiselle Carnot | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1954.87
People: Marie Guilhelmine Benoist, French (1768 - 1826)
Title: Portrait of Mademoiselle Carnot
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1800
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/294651

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk on white wove paper

Dimensions

diameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.)
frame: 14 × 14 cm (5 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l.l., black chalk: Benoist . . . 18[05?]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Alfredo Masetti
Accession Year: 1954
Object Number: 1954.87
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 8, repr.

Exhibition History

32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 11/10/2015
A Colloquium in the Visual Arts , Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022

Subjects and Contexts

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1954.87: Portrait of Mademoiselle Carnot