Harvard Art Museums > 1898.142: Figure Kneeling Before an Altar Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Figure Kneeling Before an Altar (Raymond Lafage) , 1898.142,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/297907. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1898.142 People Raymond Lafage, French (Lisle-sur-Tarn 1656 - 1684 Lyon) Title Figure Kneeling Before an Altar Other Titles Alternate Title: Figure Kneeling Before a Sacrificial Altar Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 17th century Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/297907 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown and black ink on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, laid down on a decorated mount Dimensions 24 x 21.2 cm (9 7/16 x 8 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks watermark: None inscription: lower left, brown ink: Lafage fecit inscription: mount, upper left, graphite: 31 inscription: mount, upper right, graphite: 1, 25 inscription: verso, center, graphite: ———/ a stamp and inscription: verso, lower center, purple ink stamp and black ink: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 98 (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College) inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: no. 93 (underlined) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Smithson. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall Accession Year 1898 Object Number 1898.142 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 585 William W. Robinson, "John Witt Randall: An Early American Collector of Later German Drawings", Master Drawings, Master Drawings Association (New York, 2001), vol. 39, no. 2, Summer, pp. 159-168, p. 163 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
