DrawingsFrench18th-19th century

Unidentified Historical Subject: Six Figures Fleeing a Burning Building; verso: Head and Shoulders of a Man

18th-19th century

Artists

Jean-Jacques Lagrenée, called Lagrenée le jeuneArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, red chalk, gray wash, and white gouache over black chalk, on blue antique laid paper; verso: black ink and gray wash

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

58 x 43.2 cm (22 13/16 x 17 in.)

Provenance

Jonathan H. Kagan, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1996

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