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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.206
People
Karl August Menzel, German (1744 - 1801)
After Frans (François) Duquesnoy, Flemish (Brussels, Belgium 1597 - 1643 Paris, France?)
Title
Young Nude Boys Tormenting Goat, after François Duquesnoy
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299682

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk
Dimensions
20.5 x 33.8 cm (8 1/16 x 13 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite: l.r.: Menzel 1045, l.c.: Menzel, Schuler von Oeser, Zehn [?] nach/ C. Schut/ D1 51 215.1; on mount, graphite: from the Lindner Cabinet at Leipsic 215 in Frenzels cat./ Precious drawing/ after Cornelius Schut/ says Frenzel/ Menzel [illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lindner; 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
1898.206
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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