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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.249
People
Antoine Coypel, French (Paris 1661 - 1722 Paris)
Title
Seated Male Nude; verso: Drapery Study
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Recto: Nude Figure of a Man; Verso: Study of Drapery
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th-18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296776

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
Dimensions
35.9 × 24 cm (14 1/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: bunch of grapes in a banded circle (Mongan and Sachs no. W. 71)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Emile Wauters, Paris and Belgium (Lugt 911), his sale [Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, June 15-16, 1926, no. 47]. [Meatyard, London] sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (by 1927), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.249
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Dessins anciens. Part I, auct. cat., Frederik Muller & Cie. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 15, 1926 - June 16, 1926), no. 47
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 581
  • Roxane Landers Althouse, ed., Rubenism, exh. cat., Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art (Providence, 1975), no. 33, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Rubenism, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, 01/30/1975 - 02/23/1975

Verification Level

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