DrawingsFrench19th century

Death of the Stag (The Hallali)

c. 1820

Artists

Antoine-Charles-Horace (called Carle) VernetArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor on cream wove paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

61.9 x 94.5 cm (24 3/8 x 37 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Germain Seligman, New York; Robert M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara (as of 1980), sold to Seiden & de Cuevas Inc., New York (1), sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2000, inv. no. 2000.64 Note: (1) The drawing was on long-term loan to the Harvard University Art Museums from 1980-1991 and then from 1994-2000 (inv. no. 6.1980).

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