1943.827: The Cipher of Love

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.827

People

Henri-Joseph de Forestier, French (1787 - 1872)
Previously attributed to Théodore Géricault, French (Rouen 1791 - 1824 Paris)

Title

The Cipher of Love

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Le Chiffre d'Amour

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

18th-19th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/297529

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown wash and white gouache over graphite and black chalk on brown wove paper

Dimensions

13.4 x 10.3 cm (5 1/4 x 4 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

J.P. Heseltine (sale, London, Sotheby's, 27-29 May, 1935, no. 239, repr., as Géricault; L. 1508); Martin Birnbaum for Grenville L. Winthrop, 1935; bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.827

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 162, repr.

Exhibition History

• Between the Empires: Géricault, Delacroix, Chasseriau--Painters of the Romantic Movement, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/30/1946 - 06/01/1946

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