DrawingsFrench18th-19th century

The Enticements of Sensual Love (?)

18th-19th century

Artists

Philippe-Auguste HennequinArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and gray wash with traces of white gouache on blue laid paper, with framing lines in brown ink, laid down on blue laid paper

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

50.5 x 35.6 cm (19 7/8 x 14 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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