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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.526
People
Jean-Léonard Lugardon, Swiss (Geneva 1801 - 1884 Geneva)
Title
Study of a Standing Man (Study for "Arnold de Melchtal"); verso: Study of a Seated Man
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Studie zu Arnold de Melchtal
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1841
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/381016

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk on blue wove paper, incised; verso: black and white chalk, squared
Dimensions
54.6 × 36 cm (21 1/2 × 14 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: A de Melchtal / 1841
  • collector's mark: lower right, black ink stamp: JLL in oval (Jean-Léonard Lugardon, Lugt 1486b)
  • collector's mark: lower left, red ink stamp: ASF in oval (Alfred Schreiber-Favre, Lugt 178b)
  • collector's mark: verso, lower center, red ink stamp: ASF in oval (Alfred Schreiber-Favre, Lugt 178b)
  • collector's mark: verso, upper center, red ink stamp: ASF in oval (Alfred Schreiber-Favre, Lugt 178b)
  • inscription: verso, top, graphite: Dessins authentiqes de Jean-Léonard Lugardon (Genève), 1801-84, / Croquis pour son tableau Arnold de Melchthal, 1841 (mention / manuscrite par le dessinateur, avec son cachet: JLL [in drawn oval] / certifié par A. Schreiber-Favre
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 4460 / z

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jean-Léonard Lugardon (Lugt 1486b). Alfred Schreiber-Favre, Geneva (Lugt 178b). [Galerie Fischer Auktionen, Lucerne, March 31, 2016, lot 1350], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, 2016, 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
2023.526
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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