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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1929.246
People
Louis Licherie, French (1629 - 1687)
Previously attributed to Nicolas de Plattemontagne, French (Paris 1631 - 1706 Paris)
Title
Monk Pulling on a Rope
Other Titles
Former Title: Saint Bruno(?)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1680
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298362

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper
Dimensions
34.3 x 23.6 cm (13 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: None

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sir Robert and Lady Witt, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1929

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Sir Robert and Lady Witt
Accession Year
1929
Object Number
1929.246
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. 592, fig. 301
  • Cheryl K. Snay, Storied Past: Four Centuries of French Drawings from the Blanton Museum of Art, exh. cat., Hudson Hills Press (New York, 2011), p. 48, repr. p. 48 as fig. 1
  • Louis-Antoine Prat, Le dessin français au XVIIe siècle, Somogy Éditions d'Art (Paris, 2013), pp. 370, 650, fig. 886, repr.

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