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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1990.66
People
Nicolas de Plattemontagne, French (Paris 1631 - 1706 Paris)
Title
Christ Blessing Small Children
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294446

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
Dimensions
33.1 × 41.6 cm (13 1/16 × 16 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: none
  • inscription: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 2 July 1990, lot 102; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden and Sabatino Abate, Jr. and the Marian H. Phinney Drawing Department Discretionary and Paul J. Sachs Memorial Funds, inv. no. 1990.66

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden and Sabatino Abate, Jr. and the Marian H. Phinney, Drawing Department Discretionary and Paul J. Sachs Memorial Funds
Accession Year
1990
Object Number
1990.66
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Nicolas Sainte Fare Garnot, Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674), Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne (1631-1681), Nicolas de Plattemontagne (1631-1706), Galerie de Bayser (Paris, 2000), cat. no. 55, p. 35
  • Frédérique Lanoë and Pierre Rosenberg, Trois maîtres du dessin: Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674), Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne (1631–1681), Nicolas de Plattemontagne (1631–1706), exh. cat., Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Paris, 2009), cat. no. 129, pp. 32-33
  • Alvin L. Clark, Jr. and Edouard Kopp, French Drawings from the Age of Claude, Poussin, Watteau, and Fragonard: Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2022), cat. no. 37, repr., p. 18

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/07/2022 - 07/18/2022

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