DrawingsFrench17th century

Three Men in a Boat

17th century

Artists

Claude LorrainArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, and graphite over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream wove paper

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

12.9 x 21.2 cm (5 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (?-1830), sold; [through Samuel Woodburn, London, August 1835]; to William Esdaile, London (1835-1840), sold; [through Christies, London, June 30, 1840, lot 44]. Agnes Mongan, Cambridge, MA, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1984. Notes: 1. Following Sir Thomas Lawrence’s death in 1830 several years went by before the collection passed to Samuel Woodburn in 1835 due to some complications with stipulations in the will. 2. When Agnes Mongan offered the drawing to the museum in 1984, she stated that she had owned the drawing for a long time, at least fifty years.

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