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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.57.B
People
Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, French (Paris 1724 - 1780 Paris)
Title
Fountain with Dolphins
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297911

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
14.7 x 10.7 cm (5 13/16 x 4 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Maurice de Fleury. Richard Owen, Paris, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard Owen
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
1932.57.B
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
A wall fountain decorated with two dolphins with interlaced tails.

Publication History

  • Émile Dacier, Édouard Girod de l'Ain, and Hôtel Jean Charpentier, Exposition des Saint-Aubin, exh. cat. (Paris, 1925), no. 206
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. I, cat. no. 636, p. 338, vol. III, fig. 319, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Exposition des Saint-Aubin, Hôtel Jean Charpentier, Paris, 04/07/1925 - 04/29/1925

Verification Level

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