1975.54: Bacchanal (after the Borghese Krater)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1975.54

People

Attributed to Nicolas Poussin, French (Les Andelys, France 1594 - 1665 Rome, Italy)
Previously attributed to Nicolas Poussin, French (Les Andelys, France 1594 - 1665 Rome, Italy)

Title

Bacchanal (after the Borghese Krater)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/295787

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

23.1 x 41.5 cm (9 1/8 x 16 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

John H. Steiner, Larchmont, NY, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1975, inv. no. 1975.54

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John H. Steiner

Accession Year

1975

Object Number

1975.54

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Konrad Oberhuber, Poussin, The Early Years in Rome: The Origins of French Classicism, exh. cat., Hudson Hills Press/Kimbell Art Museum (New York and Fort Worth, 1988), cat. no. D78, p. 313, repr. (as Nicolas Poussin)
• Pierre Rosenberg and Louis-Antoine Prat, Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665: catalogue raisonné des dessins, Leonardo (Milan, Italy, 1994), vol. II, cat. no. R 227, p. 828, repr.

Exhibition History

• Poussin, The Early Years in Rome: The Origins of French Classicism, Kimbell Art Museum, 09/24/1988 - 11/27/1988

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