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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.125
People
Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to James Sharples, American (Lancashire, DE 1751/52 - 1811 New York, NY)
Previously attributed to Louis-Léopold Boilly, French (La Bassée, France 1761 - 1845 Paris, France)
Title
Portrait of a Gentleman
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295110

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pastel on lavender wove paper
Dimensions
24.4 x 22.5 cm (9 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sabatino Abate, Jr., gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1982, inv. no. 1982.125

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Sabatino Abate, Jr.
Accession Year
1982
Object Number
1982.125
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), Appendix B, p. 293
  • Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, Unicorn Press (London, 2006), p. 498

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