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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2015.19
People
Georg Philip Rugendas I, German (Augsburg 1666 - 1742 Augsburg)
Title
Great Cavalry Battle - Fight for the Flag; verso: Landscape sketch
Other Titles
Former Title: Scène de bataille
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1708
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/353049

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and brown wash, squared in graphite, on cream antique laid paper, partially incised; verso: red chalk
Dimensions
31 x 62.3 cm (12 3/16 x 24 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Georg: Philipp: Rugendas: Invent. pinx. et delin. Ao 1708
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: N 62.80
  • collector's mark: lower right, black ink: NE [crown above, in square] [Nickolaus Esterhazy, L. 1965]
  • collector's mark: upper right, black ink: NE [crown above, in square] [Nickolaus Esterhazy, L. 1965]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Prince Nikolaus Esterházy (1765-1833), Vienna (Lugt 1965). [1] [Thierry de Maigret, Paris, March 26, 2014, lot 139]. [Nicolaas Teeuwisse, Berlin] sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015

Notes
[1] See "Az Esterházy Képtár Története, Simon Mellar (1915), probably no. 634

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
2015
Object Number
2015.19
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Haute Èpoque, Dessins, Tableaux Anciens et Modernes, Mobilier et Objets d'Art, auct. cat., Thierry de Maigret (Paris, March 26, 2014), p. 45, lot 139, repr.
  • Ausgewählte Werke - Selected Works XV, auct. cat., Nicolaas Teeuwisse (Berlin, 2015), no. 32, repr.

Verification Level

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