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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.103
People
Theodore Wüst, American (active c. 1860-1905)
Sitter: Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Swiss (1807-1873)
Title
Louis Agassiz (1807-1873)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1866-1867
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/319325

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
8.5 x 6.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l: ThW 1866
  • (not assigned): On a paper attached to the verso: Theo. Wust artist/Prof Louis Agassiz/Th Wust 1867

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, Class of 1907, by exchange.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, Class of 1907, by exchange
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.103
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), p. 276

Verification Level

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