DrawingsFrench17th century

Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro

c. 1647

Artists

Nicolas PoussinArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

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

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

18.5 x 25.5 cm (7 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Thomas Dimsdale, London (his mark, L.2426, mount, verso); Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (his mark, L. 2445, lower left); Alan M. Stone, Northampton; Seiden and de Cuevas, Inc., New York; Harvard Art Museums/ Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louis Haskell Daly Fund, 1984.580

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