DrawingsFrench17th century

Saint Germain Distributing Alms

c. 1630

Artists

Laurent de La HyreArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk and gray-brown wash on cream antique laid paper, prepared with brown wash

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26.7 x 20 cm (10 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon de Fabregoules, Aix-en-Provence; possibly Charles Joseph Bathélémi Giraud, Aix-en-Provence; Paul(?) Flury-Hérard (his mark, L.1015, lower left, with his no. 595); his sale, Drouot (Delbergue-Cormont), Paris, 13-15 May 1861, lot 194; Charles-Philippe, Marquis de Chennevières-Pointel, Paris and Bellême (his mark, L.2072, lower left); his sale, Drouot (Chevallier), Paris, 4-7 April 1900, part of lot 262; Louis Deglatigny, Rouen (his mark, L.1768a, lower left); his sale, Drouot (Féral, Catroux et Huteau), Paris, 4-5 November 1937, part of lot 221; Germain Seligman, New York (his mark, L.3863, lower left); Seiden and de Cuevas, Inc., New York; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louis Haskell Daly Fund, 1984.585

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