DrawingsFrench18th century

Medal Design: HUMANITAS

1758

Artists

Edme BouchardonArtist

Description

A female figure seated, receives another who stands before her; a building, perhaps a church, is in the background.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk and graphite, guidelines in red chalk and graphite, on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

diameter: 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Robert Carfrae, Scotland; his sale, London, Glendining & Co., 28 November 1990, lot 320 (1), sold; to Cyril Humphris, London; his sale, New York, Sotheby's, 10 January 1995, lot 64, sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario (2), sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2000, inv. no. 2000.78 Notes (1) The drawing was acquired by Robert Carfrae (1820-1900) in the 19th century, and was consigned to auction ninety years after his death. (2) The drawing was on long-term loan to the Harvard University Art Museums from 1995 until its sale in 2000.

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