Rape of the Sabine Women | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1898.133
People: Louis-Félix de La Rue, French (Paris 1731 - 1765 Paris)
Title: Rape of the Sabine Women
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 18th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/297905

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink, brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount

Dimensions

21.5 × 40.1 cm (8 7/16 × 15 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

watermark: Lion within circular paling (Pro Patria?)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year: 1898
Object Number: 1898.133
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), no. 629

Verification Level

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