1898.27: Detail of a Seated Man Drawing on a Tablet; verso: Sketches

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1898.27

People

Attributed to Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, French (Saint-Quentin 1704 - 1788 Saint-Quentin)

Title

Detail of a Seated Man Drawing on a Tablet; verso: Sketches

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

18th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/312454

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and white chalk with touches of red chalk on blue antique laid paper; verso: red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

26.2 x 23.1 cm (10 5/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower right: La Tour

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

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

1898.27

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), cat. no. 631, fig. 317, repr.
• Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, Unicorn Press (London, 2006), p. 308

Exhibition History

• HAA 271x The Origins of Modernity: The "New" 18th Century Rotation #1: Large Niche (S426A) Spring 2011, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/14/2011 - 03/05/2011

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