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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1929.47.5
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Ornament Sketch
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298794

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
18.4 × 29.3 cm (7 1/4 × 11 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: above a shield which encloses a bell is a crown; the letters below are H T (Mongan-Sachs W. 74)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philip Hofer, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1929

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1929
Object Number
1929.47.5
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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. 612

Exhibition History

  • The Age of Elegance: The Rococo and its Effect, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 04/25/1959 - 06/14/1959

Verification Level

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