DrawingsFrench17th century

The Baptism of Christ

c. 1647

Artists

Eustache Le SueurArtist

Nicolas PoussinPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, squared in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper, with blue laid paper strips adhered to face

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.5 x 20.8 cm (10 1/16 x 8 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Private collection, Paris. Hubert Marignane, Paris (Lugt 1343a). [Galerie Paul Prouté, Paris, by 1992. [Christie's, London, July 2, 1996, lot 202] sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999

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