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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.626
People
Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Jean-Baptiste Deshays, French (Rouen 1729 - 1765 Paris)
Title
Removing the Dead
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/337235

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown and gray wash, white gouache and black and white chalk with some stumping, on light brown antique laid paper
Dimensions
55.2 x 40.5 cm (21 3/4 x 15 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Rff[?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Lucien Goldschmidt, New York (as French School, second half of 18th century)] sold 1980; to Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 130, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Jean Montague Massengale Collection
Accession Year
2010
Object Number
2010.626
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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