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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1963.119
People
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French (Grasse 1732 - 1806 Paris)
After Sebastiano Ricci, Italian (1659 - 1734)
Title
Saint Gregory the Great Imploring the Madonna to Rid Rome of the Plague
Other Titles
Former Title: Copy after Sebastiano Ricci's Painting in St. Giustina in Padua
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1761
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296106

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk over a black chalk counterproof on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face, framing lines in graphite
Technique
Counterproof
Dimensions
28.8 x 19.4 cm (11 5/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right, black ink: à Padoue
  • watermark: None visible–drawing laid down
  • inscription: upper left, black ink: Seb Rizzi de Ste Gustine

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Walter Schatzki, New York; Zeitlin and Ver Brugge Booksellers, Los Angeles, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1963, inv. no. 1963.119

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gifts for Special Uses Fund
Accession Year
1963
Object Number
1963.119
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Alexandre Ananoff, L'Œuvre dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Libraire F. de Nobele (Paris, 1961-1970), vol. II, cat. no. 1094, p. 186
  • Eunice Williams, "Gens, Honorez Fragonard!": Works from the Collections of Harvard University and Harvard Friends, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1993), checklist no. 5

Exhibition History

  • “Gens, Honorez Fragonard!”: Works from the Collection of Harvard University and Harvard Friends, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/15/1993 - 07/11/1993

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