1969.111: Eliud

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1969.111

People

Jean-Robert Ango, French (active 1759 - after 1773)
After Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian (Caprese, Italy 1475 - 1564 Rome, Italy)
Previously attributed to Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French (Grasse 1732 - 1806 Paris)

Title

Eliud

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Copy after Michelangelo: Eliud from the Sisine Chapel Lunettes
Alternate Title: Two Seated Figures

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

18th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296179

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink

Dimensions

21.8 x 14.6 cm (8 9/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: none visible: drawing is laid down
• inscription: verso, lower right, brown ink: G. i. R.
• collector's mark: verso, lower left, black ink: J. Peoli (L.2020)
• inscription: verso, upper left corner, graphite: Fragonard Rome
• collector's mark: verso, lower left, black ink: J. Scholz (L.s.2933b)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Juan Jorge Peoli, New York (his mark, L.2020, verso, lower left, black ink); Janos Scholz, New York (his mark, L.s.2933b, verso, lower left, black ink); Austin Avery Mitchell, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1969, inv. no. 1969.111

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Austin Avery Michell

Accession Year

1969

Object Number

1969.111

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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