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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.535
People
Wolfgang Adam Töpffer, Swiss (Geneva 1766 - 1847 Morillon, France)
Title
The Sheaf Bearer
Other Titles
Original Language Title: La Porteuse de Gerbe
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1790-1800
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/381025

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash and graphite on cream laid paper, adhered along edges to a decorative mount
Dimensions
32.9 x 46.7 cm (12 15/16 x 18 3/8 in.)
frame: 58 x 69.5 cm (22 13/16 x 27 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right (on felled tree), brown ink: ATöpffer f.
  • (not assigned): watermark at center

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sotheby's Zürich, May 29, 2000, lot 13]. Private Collection, France. [Thomas le Claire Kunsthandel, Hamburg, 2001]. Private Collection, Hamburg. [Thomas le Claire Kunsthandel, Hamburg], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, 2013, 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
2023.535
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Schweizer Kunst, auct. cat., Sotheby's Zürich (Zürich, May 29, 2000), p. 12, lot no. 13, repr.
  • Cavalier d'Arpino to Nolde: Watercolors, Drawings and Oil Sketches by European Masters, auct. cat. (Hamburg, Germany, 2013), unpag., cat no. 10, repr.

Verification Level

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