Christ Nailed to the Cross | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1979.32
People: Gustave Doré, French (Strasbourg 1832 - 1883 Paris)
Title: Christ Nailed to the Cross
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/295523

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink on cream modern laid paper

Dimensions

13 x 20.6 cm (5 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: lower right, graphite: G. Doré
inscription: lower center, graphite: EF

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Paul Prouté, Paris (?-1966), sold]; to Paul J. Haldeman, Brookline, MA (1966-1979), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1979.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Haldeman
Accession Year: 1979
Object Number: 1979.32
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Robert Rosenblum and Lisa Small, Fantasy and Faith: The Art of Gustave Doré, ed. Eric M. Zafran, Yale University Press and Dahesh Museum of Art (New York and New Haven, 2007), p. 179 (in checklist of Gustave Doré works in North American Collections, Fogg Art Museum)

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