The Holy Ghost Descending on the Apostles

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M9868
People: A. Claude Philippe de Thubières comte de Caylus, French (Paris 1692 - 1765 Paris)
Nicolas Le Sueur, French (Paris 1691 - 1764 Paris)
After Giovanni Battista Leonardi, Italian (1656-1704)
Title: The Holy Ghost Descending on the Apostles
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Le St. Esprît descendant sur les Apôtres
Series/Book Title: Recueil Crozat
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1729-1742
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/265077

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Etching and chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions: Image: 35.5 × 25 cm (14 × 9 13/16 in.)
Plate: 39.5 × 25.7 cm (15 9/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 47.3 × 34.1 cm (18 5/8 × 13 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Horace M. Swope, St. Louis and New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: IFF, vol. IV, no. 308, p. 105; LeBlanc 8

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Horace M. Swope, Class of 1905
Accession Year: 1940
Object Number: M9868
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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