DrawingsFrench18th century

Interior of the Colosseum with a Sleeping Soldier

1747

Artists

Charles-Michel-Ange ChallesArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, adhered to tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

31.5 x 45.5 cm (12 3/8 x 17 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles-Philippe, Marquis de Chennevières-Pointel, Paris and Bellême (his mark, L.2073, lower left, black ink); Louis Delatigny, Rouen (his mark, L.1768a, lower left, red ink); his sale, Paris, Drouot, 4-5 November 1937, lot 66; Agnes Mongan, Cambridge, MA, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991, inv. no. 1991.160

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