Studies of Heads, after Charles Le Brun

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1898.117
People: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German (Danzig, Poland 1726 - 1801 Berlin, Germany)
After Charles Le Brun, French (Paris 1619 - 1690 Paris)
Title: Studies of Heads, after Charles Le Brun
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 18th century
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/299784

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Brown ink, touches of black ink and graphite, on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions: 202 x 161 cm (79 1/2 x 63 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: 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: 1898.117
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Drawing on Tradition: The Lost Legacy of Academic Figure Studies, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/19/1994 - 01/29/1995
Looking Back: The Western Tradition in Retrospect, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2018 - 05/06/2018

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