Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2007.103
People: Theodore Wüst, American (active c. 1860-1905)
Sitter: Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Swiss (1807-1873)
Title: Louis Agassiz (1807-1873)
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: 1866-1867
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/319325

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor on ivory

Dimensions

8.5 x 6.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l.l: ThW 1866
(not assigned): On a paper attached to the verso: Theo. Wust artist/Prof Louis Agassiz/Th Wust 1867

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, Class of 1907, by exchange.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, Class of 1907, by exchange
Accession Year: 2007
Object Number: 2007.103
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), p. 276

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