Bacchanale; verso: Nude Man | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1932.186
People: Circle of Pierre-Jacques Volaire, French (1729 - c. 1800)
Title: Bacchanale; verso: Nude Man
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 18th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/298680

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Black and white chalk on discolored blue antique laid paper
Dimensions: 24.6 × 30.2 cm (9 11/16 × 11 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Charles Gasc, Spain and Paris (Lugt 543). Amédée-Paul-Émile Gasc, Paris (Lugt 1131). Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser
Accession Year: 1932
Object Number: 1932.186
Division: European and American Art
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Publication History

Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 615
Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 119 ("Cartella con due stelle d'oro")

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