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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1969.108
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Prometheus; verso: Fragments of Figure Studies
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296486

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk, white opaque watercolor, and brown, gray, and red transparent watercolor on light tan antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink, ; verso: red chalk and transparent watercolor
Dimensions
actual: 21.2 x 16.9 cm (8 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, left center, graphite: Bouchardon
  • inscription: remains of old mount, verso, lower right, graphite: 6[3? or 9? or d? or b?]
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Austin A. Mitchell, New York, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1969.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Austin A. Mitchell
Accession Year
1969
Object Number
1969.108
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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