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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.344
People
Unidentified Artist
After Charles Le Brun, French (Paris 1619 - 1690 Paris)
Previously attributed to Charles de La Fosse, French (Paris 1636 - 1716 Paris)
Title
Entrance of Alexander into Babylon
Other Titles
Former Title: Alexander's Triumphal Entry into Babylon
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th-18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297834

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, black chalk, and brown wash on tan antique laid paper, squared in black chalk, laid down on off-white card, framing lines in black ink
Dimensions
37.9 x 53 cm (14 15/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Lower left, brown ink: Ch. Le Brun fecit; 1690. (?)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
1932.344
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. I, cat. no. 588, p. 311
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 122

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