1973.75: Scene from Roman Antiquity
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1973.75
- People
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Follower of Charles-Michel-Ange Challes, French (Paris 1718 - 1778 Paris)
- Title
- Scene from Roman Antiquity
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 18th century
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/295965
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
- Dimensions
- 22.4 x 28.5 cm (8 13/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- watermark: none
- inscription: verso, upper left, graphite and black ink: [illegible]
- inscription: mount, label, graphite: Michelange Challe. attrib to / Scene from Roman Antiquity / Gift of [illegble] & [illegible] Haufmann / 1973.75
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- George M. A. Hanfmann, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1973, inv. no. 1973.75
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of George M. A. Hanfmann
- Accession Year
- 1973
- Object Number
- 1973.75
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Classical architectural, setting perhaps the crypt of a church. Two tombs, one set into the wall, another, free-standing, dominate the scene. In the center are grouped three figures, two standing women in long robes, and a seated male figure who grasps the arm—imploringly—of one of the women. Another male, also in antique costume sits at the right and gazes at the figures. A schematically drawn figure with a staff peers from behind a stairway in the distant right background.
Verification Level
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