- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1964.30
- People
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Israël Silvestre, French (Nancy 1621 - 1691 Paris)
- Title
- Grand Parterre of the Luxembourg Palace; verso: Panorama North of Paris, near Montmorency
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1635
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/296766
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Black ink, brown wash, and watercolor with touches of graphite on parchment, partial framing line in black ink; verso: black ink and watercolor
- Dimensions
- 11.3 x 17 cm (4 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- (not assigned): dated, lower right: [illegible] 1635 [illegible]
- Provenance
- Sir Bruce Ingram; Madame J. C. Prost; her sale, New York, Jacques Seligmann & Co., March 1964, sold (1); to Fogg Art Museum, 1964, inv. no. 1964.30
Notes:
1. The drawing is listed as number 8745 in the Jacques Seligmann & Co. stock catalogue from 1956-1971 (Jacques Seligmann & Co. Archives, Archives of American Art online). The entry is crossed out, possibly confirming that it was sold during this time. Various letters from the Archives from March 1964 between Germain Seligman and John Coolidge, Director of the Fogg Art Museum, discuss the sale of this drawing.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise Haskell Daly Fund
- Accession Year
- 1964
- Object Number
- 1964.30
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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