1984.587: King Louis XIV Receiving Ambassadors from the Court of Spain

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1984.587

People

Charles Le Brun, French (Paris 1619 - 1690 Paris)

Title

King Louis XIV Receiving Ambassadors from the Court of Spain

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Louis XIV Receiving the Spanish Ambassador

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1674

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/294750

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face

Dimensions

irregular: 13.1 x 26.3 cm (5 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: None visible–drawing is laid down

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

1984.587

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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), no. 49, 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), pp. 28, 30

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/10/2017 - 09/14/2017

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