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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.313
People
Augustin Pajou, French (Paris 1730 - 1809 Paris)
Title
Mother and Child at an Open Window
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296114

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink with gray-brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
8.8 x 10.5 cm (3 7/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: None
  • inscription: across the sill: d'apres Nature par Pajou

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[D'Hendecourt] sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (by 1927), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.313
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Claire Batigne, Exhibition of French Art, 1200-1900, exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts (London, 1932), no. 722
  • Jeanne Lejeaux, Exposition de l’art français au XVIIIe siècle, exh. cat., Palais de Charlottenborg (Copenhagen, 1935), no. 471
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 633, fig. 316
  • Allene Talmey, "The Fogg Art Museum at Harvard", Vogue, Conde Nast (New York, July 15, 1947), 15 July, pp. 44-49, 78-80, repr. p. 46

Exhibition History

  • Exhibition of French Art, 1200-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 01/01/1932 - 03/05/1932
  • Exposition de l’art français au XVIIIe siècle, Palais de Charlottenborg, 08/25/1935 - 10/06/1935
  • Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University (Collected by Paul J. Sachs), Century Club, New York, 05/12/1947 - 09/25/1947

Verification Level

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