DrawingsFrench18th century

Saint Charles Borromeo

1779

Artists

Pierre-Simon LaplaceArtist

Philippe de ChampaigneArtist after

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk with touches of black ink and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in brown ink

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26 x 20.3 cm (10 1/4 x 8 in.)

Provenance

Sarah J. Eddy, gift; to Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; to Thomas Barbour, director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1933

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