A Sculptor or Goldsmith Working by Candlelight

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1979.220
People: Unidentified Artist
After Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, French (Paris 1724 - 1780 Paris)
Title: A Sculptor or Goldsmith Working by Candlelight
Other Titles: Alternate Title: A Sculptor at Work
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/295269

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk on toned cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk

Dimensions

25.7 x 19.8 cm (10 1/8 x 7 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

watermark: None

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer; Fogg Art Museum, 1979

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year: 1979
Object Number: 1979.220
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Ewa Lajer-Burcharth, Chardin Material, Sternberg Press (Berlin, 2011), p. 33. n. 40

Verification Level

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