René Antoine Houasse | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G3887
People: Antoine Trouvain, French (Montdidier, France 1656 - 1708 Paris, France)
After Jean Tortebat, French (Paris, France 1652-1718 Paris, France)
Title: René Antoine Houasse
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Engraved by Antoine Trouvain for his Reception into the Académie
Original Language Title: Gravé par Antoine Trouvain pour sa Reception à l'Academie 1707
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1707
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/279366

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 36.1 × 25.4 cm (14 3/16 × 10 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G3887
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

William McAllister Johnson, French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture: Engraved Reception Pieces: 1672-1789, exh. cat. (Kingston, Canada, 1982), pp. 78-79, no. 26 [not Harvard impression]

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