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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.536
People
Wolfgang Adam Töpffer, Swiss (Geneva 1766 - 1847 Morillon, France)
Title
Girl wearing a Straw Hat
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Jeune fille au chapeau de paille assise sur une chaise
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/381026

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, watercolor, opaque white watercolor, and graphite on brown paper
Dimensions
sight: 28 × 20.6 cm (11 × 8 1/8 in.)
frame: 49.5 × 42 cm (19 1/2 × 16 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 3, 2015, lot 123]. [August Laube, Zürich], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, 2015, 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
2023.536
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Alte Meister Graphik, Moderne Graphik, Alte Drucke, Zeichnungen, Schweizer Künstler / Old Master Prints, Modern Prints, Rare Books, Drawings, Swiss Artists, auct. cat., August Laube (Zürich, 2015), p. 81, cat no. 87, repr.
  • Tableaux et dessins anciens et du XIXe siècle, sculptures, dont "Un Regard sur la Nature", Collection d'un amateur, auct. cat., Hôtel Drouot (Paris, June 3, 2015), p. 48, lot no. 123, repr.

Verification Level

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