2000.64: Death of the Stag (The Hallali)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2000.64

People

Antoine-Charles-Horace (called Carle) Vernet, French (Bordeaux 1758 - 1836 Paris)

Title

Death of the Stag (The Hallali)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1820

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/293814

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk, gray wash, and white gouache on cream wove paper

Dimensions

61.9 x 94.5 cm (24 3/8 x 37 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black chalk, l.r.: C. Vernet f.
• inscription: Black chalk, lower right: C. Vernet f.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Germain Seligman, New York; Robert M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara (as of 1980), sold to Seiden & de Cuevas Inc., New York (1), sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2000, inv. no. 2000.64

Note:
(1) The drawing was on long-term loan to the Harvard University Art Museums from 1980-1991 and then from 1994-2000 (inv. no. 6.1980).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Suzanne and Alan J. Dworsky

Accession Year

2000

Object Number

2000.64

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• French Painting from David to Courbet, exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI, 1950), no. 18
• John Richardson, ed., The Collection of Germain Seligman: Paintings, Drawings and Works of Art, E. V. Thaw & Co., Artemis S.A., and David Carritt Ltd. (New York, Luxembourg, and London, 1979), no. 80, repr.

Exhibition History

• French Painting from David to Courbet, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 02/01/1950 - 03/05/1950

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