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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1963.158
People
Gustave Doré, French (Strasbourg 1832 - 1883 Paris)
Title
Study for "Prostrate Jews" ("Moses Before Pharaoh")
Other Titles
Former Title: Moses Before Pharaoh
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296668

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor, gouache, and white chalk on cream wove paper
Dimensions
48 x 75.7 cm (18 7/8 x 29 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Richard S. Davis, London, England (1949(?)-1963), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1963.

Notes:
In a letter dated March 2, 1964, Richard S. Davis specifies that the drawing was a gift and had been in his collection for the past 15 years.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard S. Davis
Accession Year
1963
Object Number
1963.158
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Robert Rosenblum and Lisa Small, Fantasy and Faith: The Art of Gustave Doré, ed. Eric M. Zafran, Yale University Press and Dahesh Museum of Art (New York and New Haven, 2007), pp. 80, 82, repr. p. 80 as fig. 95, p. 178 (in checklist of Gustave Doré works in North American Collections, Fogg Art Museum)

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