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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.250
People
Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils, French (Paris 1813 - 1875 Douarnenez, Finistère)
Title
Study of a Soldier
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/5140

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and gouache on cream wove paper, graphite framing lines
Dimensions
35.5 x 23.8 cm (14 x 9 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: Pils
  • inscription: lower right, brown ink, in artist's hand: 2me. de chasseurs
  • inscription: lower right, brown ink: 2488

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Christie's, Paris, sold at auction, 2004. Sale, Paris, December 15, 2004, lot 319.
Roberta J.M. and Alexander B.V. Johnson Olson, New York, NY, gift to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Roberta J.M. Olson and Alexander B.V. Johnson in memory of Laurie Vance Johnson and E. Dudley H. Johnson
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.250
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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