DrawingsFrench18th-19th century

Clio

c. 1799

Artists

Jean-Simon BerthélemyArtist

Pierre-Paul Prud'honPrevious attribution

Description

Classical, seated female, wearing a diadem, and holding a tablet in her left hand and a writing instrument in her right hand.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid card, framing lines in black ink

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

34 x 26.8 cm (13 3/8 x 10 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Agnes Mongan Cambridge, MA, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991, inv. no. 1991.164

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