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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.306
People
Nicolas Bart, Swiss
After Pierre Hubert Subleyras, French (Saint-Gilles-du-Gard 1699 - 1749 Rome)
Title
Brother Luce the Hermit
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Le Frère Luce
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1760
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/367265

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and calligraphic engraving on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate: 37.6 × 27.2 cm (14 13/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
sheet: 53.5 × 35.6 cm (21 1/16 × 14 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: Fait par N. Bart Mre d'Ecrit
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: LE FRERE LUCE. / Dedié à Monseigneur le Prince / Guillaume Auguste / d'Holstein Gottorp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: A Berne chez l'Auteur.
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: 2128

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[C. G. Boerner, New York], sold; to [Joel R. Bergquist Fine Arts, November 2012], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Accession Year
2019
Object Number
2019.306
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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