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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
H174
People
Jules-Joseph Lefebvre, French (Tournan-en-Brie, France 1836 - 1912 Paris, France)
Alexander Agassiz (1835-1910)
Title
Alexander Agassiz (1835-1910)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1901
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310951

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
sight: 148.2 × 100.5 cm (58 3/8 × 39 9/16 in.)
Frame: 192.4 × 146.1 × 16.5 cm (75 3/4 × 57 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.: Jules LeFebvre/Paris-1901.
  • inscription: On bronze tablet: "Alexander Agassiz. This memorial of his great service to science and the University given by his friends is placed here by special vote of the Presidents and Fellows and the Board of Overseers."
  • inscription: u.l., : Alexandre AGASSIZ; u.r. :MDCCCCI

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Painted at the request of the Corporation of Harvard College; Gift of members of the Board of Overseers and friends to Harvard University, 1902.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of members of the Board of Overseers and friends to Harvard University, 1902
Object Number
H174
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • [Unidentified article], The Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, December 1903), vol. XII, p. 213, ill.
  • Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), pp. 9-10

Verification Level

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