Harvard Art Museums > 1965.301: An Ecclesiastical Saint Healing the Sick Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"An Ecclesiastical Saint Healing the Sick (Jean Jouvenet) , 1965.301,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/296175. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
