DrawingsFrench17th century

Christ

c. 1646

Artists

Eustache Le SueurArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in graphite, laid down on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream card, extended at top and bottom

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

33.5 x 18 cm (13 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.) with extensions: 31.3 x 18 cm (12 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Chevalier Louis-Jean-François Collet, Paris and Parma; possibly his sale, Paris, Lebrun, 14-23 May 1787, lot 128; possibly Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun, Paris; possibly his sale, Paris, Lebrun, 11-30 April 1791, part of lot 318; Jean Gigoux, Paris (without his mark, L. 1164); Henri Baderou, Rouen; Germain Seligman, New York (his mark, L.3863, lower right); 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, 1984.593

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