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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.520
People
Pierre-Louis de La Rive (Geneva 1753 - 1817 Presinge, Switzerland)
Title
Cows, Goats, and Two Goatherds in a Pasture
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Kuh und Ziegenherde auf der Weide. Im Hintergrund die Hirten unter einem Baum sich unterhaltend
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1794
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/381002

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown wash and graphite on cream paper
Dimensions
sight: 39 × 47.5 cm (15 3/8 × 18 11/16 in.)
frame: 74 × 73 cm (29 1/8 × 28 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, light brown ink: de la Rive / 1794 / [? last mark illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private Collection (Collectors’ mark "J.R.;" not in Lugt). [Koller Auktionen, Zürich, March 26, 2010, lot 3467]. [August Laube, Zürich], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, 2014, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter F. Soriano ’81
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.520
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Gemälde Alter Meister und des 19. Jh. Russische Kunst, Zeichnungen, Alte Graphik, Bücher, auct. cat., Galerie Koller (Zürich, March 26, 2010), p. 188, lot no. 3467, repr.
  • Alte Meister Graphik, Moderne Graphik, Alte Drucke, Zeichnungen, Helvetica / Old Master Prints, Modern Prints, Rare Books, Drawings, Helvetica, auct. cat., August Laube (Zürich, 2014), pp. 32-33, cat no. 26, repr.

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