Study for "Prostrate Jews" ("Moses Before Pharaoh")

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1963.158
People: Gustave Doré, French (Strasbourg 1832 - 1883 Paris)
Title: Study for "Prostrate Jews" ("Moses Before Pharaoh")
Other Titles: Former Title: Moses Before Pharaoh
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/296668

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Watercolor, gouache, and white chalk on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 48 x 75.7 cm (18 7/8 x 29 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Richard S. Davis, London, England (1949(?)-1963), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1963.

Notes:
In a letter dated March 2, 1964, Richard S. Davis specifies that the drawing was a gift and had been in his collection for the past 15 years.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard S. Davis
Accession Year: 1963
Object Number: 1963.158
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Robert Rosenblum and Lisa Small, Fantasy and Faith: The Art of Gustave Doré, ed. Eric M. Zafran, Yale University Press and Dahesh Museum of Art (New York and New Haven, 2007), pp. 80, 82, repr. p. 80 as fig. 95, p. 178 (in checklist of Gustave Doré works in North American Collections, Fogg Art Museum)

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