Identification and Creation
Object Number
1965.21.53.A
People
Antoine-Jean Gros, French (Paris 1771 - 1835 Meudon)
Title
Four Costume Sketches
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, album page
Date
c. 1811-1812
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292963
Physical Descriptions
Medium
Watercolor and graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 23.5 x 18.4 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Inscribed by Leclère in graphite at lower right and again on album sheet at lower right: Gros. Dated in black wash over graphite at upper center: 1557; and to right of the head of the woman at lower right: 1541. Various annotations in graphite regarding colors, materials, and accessories adjacent to figures
Acquisition and Rights
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.21.53.A
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Lucian Goldschmidt, Architecture and the Achille Leclère-Ingres Sketchbook, Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc. (New York, 1964), no. 124 (71)

Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 198, repr.

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