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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1945.22
People
Georges Pierre Seurat, French (Paris 1859 - 1891 Paris)
after Raphael, Italian (Urbino, Italy 1483 - 1520 Rome, Italy)
Title
Study of a Sibyl, after Raphael
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Bust of a Man with Extended Arms, after Raphael
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1878
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297517

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on dark cream laid paper, laid down to off-white wove paper (platemark on secondary support)
Dimensions
22.5 × 30.7 cm (8 7/8 × 12 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John Rewald in memory of Félix Fénéon
Accession Year
1945
Object Number
1945.22
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Seurat, Paintings and Drawings, exh. cat., University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL, 1958), no. 8
  • Erich Franz and Bernd Growe, Georges Seurat: Zeichnungen, exh. cat., Prestel Verlag (Munich, 1983), p. 53, fig. 4

Exhibition History

  • Seurat Paintings and Drawings, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 01/16/1958 - 03/07/1958; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 03/24/1958 - 05/11/1958

Verification Level

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