Harvard Art Museums > 1898.368: Ancient Sacrifice in an Ionic Temple 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"Ancient Sacrifice in an Ionic Temple (Joseph-Marie Vien, the Elder) , 1898.368,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/299733. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1898.368 People Joseph-Marie Vien, the Elder, French (Montpellier 1716 - 1809 Paris) Title Ancient Sacrifice in an Ionic Temple Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1757 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/299733 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink and gray-brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink and black chalk, blue paper borders adhered to face, laid down on a decorated mount with remnant of a ledger from 1713 on the verso Dimensions 31.4 x 24.9 cm (12 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: mount, lower right, brown ink: J M Vien 1757 inscription: lower left, brown ink: 52 inscription: in drawing, on first step, lower left, brown ink: [effaced] watermark: none inscription: mount, lower left, black chalk: 158 inscription: mount, lower right, black chalk: 1898.368 409. Provenance Recorded Ownership History The artist’s estate; his estate sale, Olivier, Paris, 17 May 1809 and the following days, part of lot 52 (as "Young Woman Offering a Sacrifice"), sold; to François Destouches; John Witt Randall, Boston; to his sister, Belinda Lull Randall, Boston, by descent, gift; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall, inv. no. 1898.368 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 1898.368 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 Thomas W. Gaehtgens and Jacques Lugand, Joseph-Marie Vien, peintre du roi (1716-1809), Arthena (Paris, 1988), cat. no. D78, pp. 242, 400 (as "Young Woman Offering a Sacrifice") Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée, Jean-Francois Méjanès, Alain Mérot, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, Sophie Raux-Carpentier, William W. Robinson, Marianne Roland Michel, and Pierre Rosenberg, Mastery & Elegance: Two Centuries of French Drawings from the Collection of Jeffrey E. Horvitz, exh. cat., ed. Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1998), pp. 41, 51-n.104 (as "Ancient Sacrifice in an Ionic Temple") 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, pp. 163, 167-n.16 Alvin L. Clark, Jr. and Edouard Kopp, French Drawings from the Age of Claude, Poussin, Watteau, and Fragonard: Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2022), cat. no. 74, repr., p. 15 Exhibition History 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/05/2017 - 04/19/2017 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
