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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.602
People
Circle of Simon Vouet, French (Paris 1590 - 1649 Paris)
Title
Saint Luke
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1638
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294700

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink and graphite
Dimensions
41.4 x 24.6 cm (16 5/16 x 9 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Henri Baderou, Rouen; Robert M. Light and Co., Santa Barbara, sold; to Germain Seligman, New York (as of 1978); Fogg Art Museum, 1984, inv. no. 1984.602

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louise Haskell Daly Fund
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.602
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Saint Luke is shown standing with his left elbow resting on the head of an ox (his attribute). He is wrapped in a cloak and holds a long staff in his right hand. He is represented as an extremely tall man, looking intently to his right, head lowered, and leaning his body in the same direction. He has wavy hair, a mustache, and a beard.

Publication History

  • John Richardson, ed., The Collection of Germain Seligman: Paintings, Drawings and Works of Art, E. V. Thaw & Co., Artemis S.A., and David Carritt Ltd. (New York, Luxembourg, and London, 1979), cat. no. 84, n.p., repr.
  • Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée, Dessins de Simon Vouet, Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Paris, 1987), cat. no. CXXIX, pp. 200-201, repr.
  • Diederik Bakhuÿs, Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée, and Elodie Vaysse, L'œil & la main: chefs-d'œuvre du dessin français des XVIe et XVIIe siècles: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, exh. cat., Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen (Rouen, 2019), p. 27

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