François II | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1978.21
People: Unidentified Artist
After François Clouet, French (1510 - 1572)
Title: François II
Other Titles: Former Title: Francis II as Dauphin
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 16th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/295790

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Colored chalks on tan antique laid paper

Dimensions

34.2 x 23 cm (13 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: upper left, brown ink: le roi François Secom

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Therese Kuhn Straus, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1978, inv. no. 1978.21

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Therese Kuhn Straus in memory of her husband, Herbert N. Straus, Harvard Class of 1903
Accession Year: 1978
Object Number: 1978.21
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Alexandra Zvereva, Portraits dessinés de la cour des Valois: les Clouet de Catherine de Médicis, Arthena (Paris, 2011), under cat. no. 248, p. 299

Exhibition History

Exhibition of the Mrs. Herbert N. Straus Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/13/1978 - 06/17/1978

Verification Level

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1978.21: François II