1977.59: Pope Receiving a Delegation of Monks

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1977.59

People

Attributed to Jan Erasmus Quellinus, Flemish (1634 - 1715)

Title

Pope Receiving a Delegation of Monks

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th-18th century

Culture

Flemish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296008

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, gray, brown, and blue wash and white opaque watercolor over graphite on two pieces of light tan antique laid paper

Dimensions

55.1 x 37.5 cm (21 11/16 x 14 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: former frame, verso: C947 / 4000 QUELLINUS [second L crossed out]
• collector's mark: lower left, black ink, stamp: L. 544 (Charles Gasc)
• watermark: R [large, probably not a countermark]
• inscription: verso, center, graphite: Ecole Hollandaise / Quellinus Erasme
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Erasme Quellinus
• inscription: mount, verso, lower center, graphite: 119 / (E. Quellinus) [underlined]
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: B 2. s
• inscription: mount ,verso, upper center, graphite: 8
• inscription: lower center, graphite: 130 [?]
• inscription: verso, center, graphite: 10

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Charles Gasc, Paris (L. 544, with his mark). [Galerie de Bayser, Paris], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund

Accession Year

1977

Object Number

1977.59

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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