H174: Alexander Agassiz (1835-1910)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

H174

People

Jules-Joseph Lefebvre, French (Tournan-en-Brie, France 1836 - 1912 Paris, France)
Alexander Agassiz (1835-1910)

Title

Alexander Agassiz (1835-1910)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1901

Places

Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/310951

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

sight: 148.2 × 100.5 cm (58 3/8 × 39 9/16 in.)
Frame: 192.4 × 146.1 × 16.5 cm (75 3/4 × 57 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.r.: Jules LeFebvre/Paris-1901.
• inscription: On bronze tablet: "Alexander Agassiz. This memorial of his great service to science and the University given by his friends is placed here by special vote of the Presidents and Fellows and the Board of Overseers."
• inscription: u.l., : Alexandre AGASSIZ; u.r. :MDCCCCI

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Painted at the request of the Corporation of Harvard College; Gift of members of the Board of Overseers and friends to Harvard University, 1902.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of members of the Board of Overseers and friends to Harvard University, 1902

Object Number

H174

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• [Unidentified article], The Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, December 1903), vol. XII, p. 213, ill.
• Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), pp. 9-10

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