Roman Holiday | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.818
People: Gustave Doré, French (Strasbourg 1832 - 1883 Paris)
Title: Roman Holiday
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/297641

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gray wash and graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

49.9 x 40.1 cm (19 5/8 x 15 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

stamp: oval-shaped atelier stamp, lower right, red ink: ATELIER / G-Doré [Lugt 681a]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [G. Petit et B. Lasquin, Paris, Gustave Doré atelier sale, 1885 (L.681a)]. Purchased by Martin Birnbaum in Paris, 1936 for Grenville L. Winthrop, (1936-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Notes:
1. The drawing was purchased by Martin Birnbaum for Grenville L. Winthrop in Paris in 1936 together with 1943.355.
2. The drawing was included either in the first (April 10-11, 1885) or the second (April 14-15, 1885) atelier sale at G. Petit et B. Lasquin, Paris (see Lugt 681a).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.818

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), p. 179 (in checklist of Gustave Doré works in North American Collections, Fogg Art Museum)

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