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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.370
People
Attributed to Auguste-Louis-Jean-Baptiste Rivière, French (1761 - 1833)
Title
Head of a Peasant
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299648

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite, touches of red and white chalk, tan antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite: Riviere filius fecit febrier 1776; mount: Author Uncertain / from the Collection of Dr. Lettsom of London / J Warren print & drawing col

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lettsom; Warren; John Witt Randall; to Belinda Lull Randall, by descent, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1898, inv. no. 1898.370

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
1898.370
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William W. Robinson, "John Witt Randall: An Early American Collector of Later German Drawings", Master Drawings, Master Drawings Association (New York, 2001), vol. 39, no. 2, Summer, pp. 159-168, note 32, p. 168

Verification Level

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