DrawingsFrench17th century

Crucifixion of Saint Peter

c. 1643

Artists

Sébastien BourdonArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

21.8 x 15.4 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Possibly sale, Paris, 18 April 1803, lot 139; Antoine-François, Comte Andréossy, Paris; his sale, Paris, 13-16 April 1764, lot 748; Charles-Philippe, Marquis de Chennevières-Pointel, Paris and Bellême (his mark, L. 2072, lower left); his sale, Drouot, Paris, 4-7 April 1900, part of lot 51; Germain Seligman, New York; R.M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara (by 1978); Seiden and de Cuevas, Inc., New York; Harvard Art Museums/ Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louis Haskell Daly Fund, 1984.583

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