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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.469
People
Louis-Félix de La Rue, French (Paris 1731 - 1765 Paris)
Title
Scene of Justice: Captives before an Enthroned Ruler in an Audience Chamber
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/333456

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and gray-brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper, partial framing lines in black ink, laid down on cream card
Dimensions
26.7 x 42.8 cm (10 1/2 x 16 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on former mount, lower right, graphite: 8
  • inscription: on former mount, bottom center, graphite: Malarin Arrhenius / 1748
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 4

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Christie's, South Kensington, 19 April 1996, lot 176] sold; to Charles Haar, Cambridge

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles Haar and Suzanne Keller Haar
Accession Year
2010
Object Number
2010.469
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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