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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.244
People
Jean-Francois-Gille Colson, French (Dijon 1733 - 1803 Paris)
Title
Young Girl Asleep
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296171

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
16.4 × 16 cm (6 7/16 × 6 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles Oulmont. [P. & D. Colnaghi, London] sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (by 1929), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.244
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 601, fig. 307

Exhibition History

  • The Age of Elegance: The Rococo and its Effect, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 04/25/1959 - 06/14/1959

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