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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.19
People
Christian Gottlieb Schick, German (1776 - 1812)
Title
David Playing his Harp before Saul; verso: Composition Studies
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295293

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink over graphite on cream laid paper; verso: graphite
Dimensions
actual: 35.3 x 49.1 cm (13 7/8 x 19 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund and the Discretionary Fund
Accession Year
1980
Object Number
1980.19
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William W. Robinson, Classicism-Romanticism-Realism: German Drawings from Mengs to Menzel in the Harvard University Art Museums, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), checklist no. 37
  • Jeffrey Fontana, Timeless Beauty: Representing the Ideal in Necoclassical Drawing, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1999), checklist no. 37

Exhibition History

  • 19th-Century German Drawings and Watercolors, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 07/01/1981 - 08/31/1981
  • Classicism-Romanticism-Realism: German Drawings from Mengs to Menzel in the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/04/1998 - 06/28/1998
  • Timeless Beauty: Representing the Ideal in Neoclassical Drawing, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/07/1999 - 10/31/1999

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