G894: The Virgin of the Rocks

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G894

People

Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers, French (1779 - 1857)
After Leonardo da Vinci, Italian (Anchiano, Italy 1452 - 1519 Amboise, France)

Title

The Virgin of the Rocks

Other Titles

Original Language Title: La S. Vierge aux rochers

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

19th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/264741

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

design: 44.5 x 30 cm (17 1/2 x 11 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Aug Desnoyers [in plate]
• inscription: below design, left side, black printer's ink, engraved in plate: Léonard de Vinci Pinxit.
• inscription: below plate, right side, black printer's ink, engraved in plate: Aug Desnoyers Delt. & Sculpt.
• blind stamp: to left of artist's name, blind stamp: W

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i

Standard Reference Number

Andresen 2; LeBlanc 14; Beraldi 18

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G894

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986

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