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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1963.62
People
Jacques-Louis David, French (Paris 1748 - 1825 Brussels)
Title
Mars and Venus
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1822
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296652

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black crayon on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 13.5 x 17.7 cm (5 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: brown ink, l.r.: David

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John S. Newberry
Accession Year
1963
Object Number
1963.62
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 74, repr.
  • Philippe Bordes, Jacques-Louis David: Empire to Exile, exh. cat., Yale University Press (New Haven, CT and London, 2005), under cat. no. 35, fig. 83 (color)
  • Louis-Antoine Prat, Le dessin français au XIXe siècle, Somogy Éditions d'Art (Paris, 2011), p. 65

Exhibition History

  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 11 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 10/07/2011 - 11/05/2011

Verification Level

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