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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.32
People
Circle of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié, French (Paris 1735 - 1784 Paris)
Title
A Boy with a Finger to His Lips
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299667

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk counterproof heightened with white chalk on toned tan antique laid paper
Technique
Counterproof
Dimensions
22.6 x 19.9 cm (8 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right: 31

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Von Quandt. 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
1898.32
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. 632

Verification Level

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