DrawingsFrench17th-18th century

June: Sheep-Shearing (from a Series of Twelve Months)

17th-18th century

Artists

Claude SimpolArtist

Jacques StellaPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and brown ink, gray wash, over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, incised

Culture

French

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

sight: 22.3 x 30.3 cm (8 3/4 x 11 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Jean-Christophe Baudequin at Galerie Ratton et Ladriere, Paris; Galerie Eric Coatalem, Paris (as of 2001); Harvard Art Museum/ Fogg Museum, 2001, inv. no. 2001.114

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