DrawingsFrench17th century

Camillus and the School Master of Falerii

c. 1637

Artists

Nicolas PoussinArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink over graphite with touches of red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in graphite, laid down on cream antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

17.6 x 17.8 cm (6 15/16 x 7 in.)

Provenance

Charles Martine; Pierre-Olivier Dubaut (his mark, L.2103b, lower left); L. Prejger, Paris; Neal Fiertag, Paris and New York (as of 1983); Seiden and Cuevas, Inc., New York; Fogg Art Museum, 1984, inv. no. 1984.609

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