DrawingsFrench18th century

Caravan of Shepherds

c. 1760

Artists

Hubert RobertArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk, brown ink, brown wash, and watercolor on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in brown ink

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

38.8 x 52.9 cm (15 1/4 x 20 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.

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