Angels Carrying Gideon's Fleece | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M9865
People: A. Claude Philippe de Thubières comte de Caylus, French (Paris 1692 - 1765 Paris)
Nicolas Le Sueur, French (Paris 1691 - 1764 Paris)
After Andrea Antonio Orazi, Italian (1670 - after 1749)
Title: Angels Carrying Gideon's Fleece
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Des Anges portant la toison de Gedeon
Series/Book Title: Recueil Crozat
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1729-1742
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/265163

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Etching and chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions: Image: 38.9 × 25.3 cm (15 5/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Plate: 43 × 26 cm (16 15/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 52.7 × 37.5 cm (20 3/4 × 14 3/4 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. 361, p. 112; LeBlanc 3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Horace M. Swope, Class of 1905
Accession Year: 1940
Object Number: M9865
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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