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Identification and Creation

Object Number
41.1979
People
Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour, French (Grenoble, France 1836 - 1904 Buré (Orne), France)
Title
Satan before the Lord
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/312247

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk, brown ink, brown and gray wash, white gouache on gray wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 25 x 33.9 cm (9 13/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l., brown ink: Fantin
  • inscription: lower center, brown ink, in artist's hand: Job. Ch. 1 von. xi
  • inscription: lower center, brown ink, in artist's hand: Satan: Mais entends donc et-touche ta main et touche à tout ce qu'il possèse, et tu verras / s'il me ta blasphème pas en face. [The first "et touche" is crossed out]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan in honor of Jakob Rosenberg
Object Number
41.1979
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Franklin Einspruch, Fuse Visual Art Review: A Pair of Drawing Shows at the Harvard Art Museums, The Arts Fuse ([e-journal], June 9, 2016), http://artsfuse.org/146319/fuse-visual-arts-review-a-pair-of-drawing-shows-at-the-harvard-art-museums/, accessed June 9, 2016

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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