Harvard Art Museums > 1939.220: Encampment Before Schenk Fort Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Encampment Before Schenk Fort (Sébastien Le Clerc the Elder) , 1939.220,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/297972. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1939.220 People Sébastien Le Clerc the Elder, French (Metz 1637 - 1714 Paris) Title Encampment Before Schenk Fort Other Titles Alternate Title: The Schenk Fort Former Title: An Officer's Camp Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 17th century Culture French, Lorrainese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/297972 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown ink and graphite with brown and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, partially incised; verso: rubbed with graphite Dimensions 21.5 x 31.1 cm (8 7/16 x 12 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History H. M. Calmann to Jakob Rosenberg, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1939, inv. no. 1939.220 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of H. M. Calmann to Dr. Jakob Rosenberg for the Fogg Art Museum Accession Year 1939 Object Number 1939.220 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description In the foreground two men are cooking over campfires; a third, sitting at the left, is rearranging his lace ruff; a group of bewigged officers are gathered in elegant poses about a table in a tent at the right; in the center middle distance a troop of soldiers heralded by trumpeters marches toward the walled city on a river peninsula in the upper middle distance; various cities and towns at the upper left border the broad river. Publication History Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. I, cat. no. 589, p. 312, vol. III, fig. 299 Jennifer Tonkovich, "Hans Calmann and the American Market for Old Master Drawings 1937-73", Master Drawings (Spring 2021), vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 49-72, p. 59 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
