1979.323: Berenice Taking her Leave from Titus and Antiochus
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1979.323
- People
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Louis Chéron, French (Paris 1660 - 1725 London)
Previously attributed to François Chauveau, French (Paris 1613 - 1676 Paris)
Previously attributed to Jacques-Louis David, French (Paris 1748 - 1825 Brussels)
- Title
- Berenice Taking her Leave from Titus and Antiochus
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: Oeuvres de Jean Racine
Former Title: Illustration for "Berenice" by Jean Racine - Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- c. 1723
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/295368
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Brown ink and gray wash, incised, on blue antique laid paper
- Dimensions
- 21.8 × 14.6 cm (8 9/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Somers H. Sturgis
- Accession Year
- 1979
- Object Number
- 1979.323
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- red chalk (for transfer) on verso
Publication History
- François Marandet, "Four Rediscovered Print Designs by Louis Chéron for Racine's Plays", Print Quarterly (June 2015), XXXII no. 2, pp. 177-185, pp. 177-180, 182-183, repr. p. 182 as fig. 130
Verification Level
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