DrawingsFrench17th century

The Death of Jezabel

c. 1660

Artists

Sébastien BourdonArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalks, brown ink and wash, black ink, gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

22 x 34.6 cm (8 11/16 x 13 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Valette; sale, Vaugirard (Seine), 27 March 1858, possibly lot 28; sale, Paris, Drouot, 4-7 April 1900, lot 51; Charles Saunier; unidentified collector's mark (their mark, L.1529); Fogg Art Museum, 1984, inv. no. 1984.582

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