DrawingsFrench17th century

Studies for the Arms and Legs of Bacchus and Ariadne

c. 1698

Artists

Charles de La FosseArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black, red and white chalk on tan antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

22.5 × 38.8 cm (8 7/8 × 152 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Collection Lepingle, Le Havre; Galerie Talabardon, Paris; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase in honor of Agnes Mongan's 90th Birthday through the generosity of Mark Rudkin, Phyllis Hattis, David Daniels, Jean Massengale, Kathryn and William Robinson, Sheldon and Leena Peck, David Leventhal, Melvin R. Seiden, Beverly and John Jacoby, and Robert Erburu through the Ahmanson Foundation, inv. no. 1995.30

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