DrawingsFrench17th century

Presentation in the Temple

c. 1645

Artists

Charles MellinArtist

Nicolas PoussinPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.9 x 12.3 cm (6 1/4 x 4 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Goodman-Walker, Boston; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Friends of Art, Archeology and Music at Harvard Fund, 1941.13

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