Harvard Art Museums > 1993.254: A Scene at the Opera Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"A Scene at the Opera (Jean-Michel Moreau, called Moreau le jeune) , 1993.254,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/294014. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1993.254 People Jean-Michel Moreau, called Moreau le jeune, French (Paris 1741 - 1814 Paris) Title A Scene at the Opera Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 18th-19th century Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/294014 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink and brown wash over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, partially incised; verso: rubbed with red chalk Dimensions 23.9 × 38.8 cm (9 7/16 × 15 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History George Blumenthal (1859-1941). Baroness von Wrangell. [Sotheby's, London, November 26, 1970 (as "attributed to Saint-Aubin")]. Private collection. [Christie's, London, April 20, 1993, lot 190, repr.] sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1993 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of an Anonymous Donor Accession Year 1993 Object Number 1993.254 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Edouard Kopp, Elizabeth M. Rudy, and Kristel Smentek, ed., Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2022), pp. 185-186, repr. p. 186 as fig. 2 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
