DrawingsFrench17th century

The Rhône and the Saône

17th century

Artists

Charles Le BrunArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Gray wash and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

irregular: 24.8 x 40.3 cm (9 3/4 x 15 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Germain Seligman, New York (his mark, L.3863, lower left); Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara (by 1978); Artemis, New York and London; Seiden and de Cuevas, Inc., New York; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louise Haskell Daly Fund, inv. no. 1984.588

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