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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.390
People
Gustave Moreau, French (Paris 1826 - 1898 Paris)
Title
Costume Design for Pittacus the Tyrant, from Gounod's Opera, "Sappho"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1883
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298135

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor, brown ink, gouache, and gold over graphite on cream wove paper, laid down
Dimensions
30 x 18.3 cm (11 13/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.390
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Pierre-Louis Mathieu, Gustave Moreau: Monographie et nouveau catalogue de l'oeuvre achevé, ACR Édition (Paris, France, 1998), no. 344, repr.
  • Le XIXe siècle, auct. cat., Talabardon & Gautier (Paris, 2011), under no. 26 (n.p.)

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