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Identification and Creation

Object Number
4.2004
People
Attributed to Georges Lallemant, French (Nancy, Lorraine c. 1570 - 1635 Paris, France)
Title
Blindfolded Amor Carrying a Bow and Flaming Torch
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Eros
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/94672

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
43.2 x 31.4 cm (17 x 12 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: recto, lower left, black ink: Lugt 2073 (Charles-Philippe, marquis de Chennevières-Pointel)
  • watermark: entwined Cs with crown (similar to Briquet 9324)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philippe de Chennevières-Pointel (1820-1899). [Mia N. Weiner, New York, 1991], sold; to William W. Robinson and Nancy E. Yocco, 1994

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from William W. Robinson and Nancy E. Yocco
Object Number
4.2004
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Louis-Antoine Prat and Laurence Lhinares, La collection Chennevieres: quatre siècles de dessins français, Musée du Louvre (Paris, 2007), pp. 614-15, 761

Verification Level

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