2000.293: Caricature of the Painter Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2000.293

People

François-André Vincent, French (Paris 1746 - 1816 Paris)

Title

Caricature of the Painter Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

18th-19th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/176486

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk counterproof on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Counterproof

Dimensions

42.5 x 26.9 cm (16 3/4 x 10 9/16 in.)
mount: 42.8 x 27 cm (16 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: upper left, brown ink, stamp: H L[illegible] [encircled] [Unidentified, perhaps that of Henry Lemonnier.]
• watermark: mount: Shield with crowned eagle; cardinal's hat above and "V" below. Roughly similar to Haewood 480.
• inscription: mount, verso, center right, blue chalk: Lemonnier??
• inscription: mount, verso, lower right, graphite: Lemonnier

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Roberta Olson and Alexander Johnson, New York, gift to HUAM, 2000.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Roberta J. M. Olson and Alexander B. V. Johnson

Accession Year

2000

Object Number

2000.293

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Mounted down. Framing line in brown ink.

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/05/2016 - 09/13/2016

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