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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.301
People
Jean Jouvenet, French (Rouen 1649 - 1717 Paris)
Title
An Ecclesiastical Saint Healing the Sick
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th-18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296175

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink with brown and red chalk wash over traces of red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
Dimensions
35.5 x 25 cm (14 x 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, brown ink: J. Jouvenet
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: J. Jouvenet / 1644–'77 / Study for a torchère in the Church of St Martin aux Champs / Mary Magdalene at the Feet of our Saviour

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[F. R. Meatyard, London], sold; to Paul J. Sachs (by 1929), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965, inv. no. 1965.301

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.301
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The saint with arms outstretched stands in a church; he is surrounded by many followers; an afflicted suppliant kneels with begging arms outstretched before him.

Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. I, cat. no. 583, p. 310 (as Jean Jouvenet)
  • Roxane Landers Althouse, ed., Rubenism, exh. cat., Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art (Providence, 1975), cat. no. 30, repr.
  • Antoine Schnapper and Christine Gouzi, Jean Jouvenet 1644-1717 et la peinture d'histoire à Paris, Arthena (Paris, 2010), cat. no. D.R. 4, p. 381, repr. (as Unidentified Artist)

Exhibition History

  • Rubenism, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, 01/30/1975 - 02/23/1975

Verification Level

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