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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2000.85
People
Etienne Parrocel, French (Avignon 1696 - 1775 Rome)
Title
Head of an Apostle
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1744
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/312182

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 38.8 x 27 cm (15 1/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: gray ink, l.r.: Stefano / Parrocel / 1744
  • inscription: graphite, lower right: 47

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Marcel Puech. collector's mark in black ink at lower left corner: MP (not in Lugt)
Christie's, Monaco, sold at auction, 1993. Sale, July 2, 1993, lot 67.
Vermeer Associates Limited, acquired at Christie's, Monaco, 1993, sold to HUAM, 2000. long-term loan to HUAM, 1993-2000

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of the Estates of Margaret H. Rousseau and William C. Rousseau
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
2000.85
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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