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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.887
People
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, French (Cluny 1758 - 1823 Paris)
Title
Study of the Muses
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1810
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297093

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on blue modern laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 24.4 x 62 cm (9 5/8 x 24 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inscribed in black chalk, red chalk, and graphite under each figure, the names of the Muses: Rhetorique; Poésie Héroique; Tragedie / Musique / Danse [crossed out]; Musique / Tragedie; Danse / Poésie Lyrique; Poésie Lyrique / Comedie; Comedie / Danse / Musique [crossed out]; Histoire; Astronomie

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.887
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 301, repr.

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