1962.132: Coronation of the Virgin

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1962.132

People

Antoine Rivalz, French (Toulouse 1667 - 1735 Toulouse)

Title

Coronation of the Virgin

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th-18th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296770

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, and white gouache over black chalk on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on card and off-white paper

Dimensions

49.2 × 32.7 cm (19 3/8 × 12 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower left, brown ink: Antonuis Rivals. in.et fe.
• watermark: none visible--laid down

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Madame J. Gaulin, Bordeaux, gift; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. J. Gaulin, inv. no. 1962.132

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. J. Gaulin

Accession Year

1962

Object Number

1962.132

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• "Acquisitions", Acquisitions (Fogg Art Museum), ed. John Coolidge, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1964), p. 94
• Pierre Rosenberg, French Master Drawings of the 17th & 18th Centuries in North American Collections / Dessins français du 17ème & du 18ème siècles des collections américaines, exh. cat., Secker & Warburg (London, 1972-1973), cat. no. 124, pp. 58, 204
• Pierre Rosenberg, “A propos d’un dessin d’Antoine Rivalz", Revue du Louvre, Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Paris, 1975), no. 3, pp. 182-85, p. 185
• Jean Penent, Antoine Rivalz, 1667-1735: Le Romain de Toulouse, exh. cat., Somogy and Musée Paul-Dupuy (Paris and Toulouse, 2004-2005), cat. no. 280, p. 190
• Alvin L. Clark, Jr. and Edouard Kopp, French Drawings from the Age of Claude, Poussin, Watteau, and Fragonard: Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2022), cat. no. 45, repr.

Exhibition History

• French Master Drawings of the 17th & 18th Centuries in North American Collections, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 09/02/1972 - 10/15/1972; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 11/03/1972 - 12/17/1972; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 01/12/1973 - 03/11/1973; New York Cultural Center, New York, 04/04/1973 - 05/13/1973

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