DrawingsFrench17th century

Seated King or Hero

c. 1630

Artists

Simon VouetArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk with traces of white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk and graphite, laid down on cream antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26.3 x 19.7 cm (10 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Robert M. Light and Co., Santa Barbara, sold; to Germain Seligman, New York (as of 1978); Seiden and de Cuevas, Inc., New York; Fogg Art Museum, inv. no. 1984.604

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