The Drunkenness of Silenus | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1960.229
People: Unidentified Artist
After Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish (Siegen, Westphalia 1577 - 1640 Antwerp, Belgium)
Previously attributed to Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French (Grasse 1732 - 1806 Paris)
Title: The Drunkenness of Silenus
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 18th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/296954

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, and watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cotton/linen, framing lines in graphite

Dimensions

18.2 x 23.4 cm (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower left, black chalk: Rubens
inscription: verso, graphite: Rubens

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Arthur Sachs, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960, inv. no. 1960.229

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Arthur Sachs
Accession Year: 1960
Object Number: 1960.229
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Pierre Rosenberg and Louis-Antoine Prat, Antoine Watteau, 1684-1721: catalogue raisonné des dessins, Leonardo Arte (Milan, 1996), vol. III, cat. no. R103, repr.

Verification Level

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