DrawingsFrench17th century

Bacchanal

c. 1635

Artists

Nicolas ChaperonArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, partially incised, partial framing lines in black chalk, laid down on Japan paper, drum mounted to cream card

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

22.8 × 27.8 cm (9 × 10 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Galerie de Bayser, Paris (by 1989); sale, Drouot (Chambelland-Giafferi-Doutrebente), Paris, 22 March 2001, lot 3; Galerie Emmanuel Moatti, Paris and New York; Harvard Art Museums/ Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of the Jeffrey E. Horvitz Foundation and the Drawing Department Acquisition Fund, 2001.115

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