DrawingsFrench17th century

Three Soldiers

17th century

Artists

Jacques StellaArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Gray wash and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on off-white antique laid paper and decorated with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

17.4 x 24.1 cm (6 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.)

Provenance

The artist's estate; his niece, Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella, Paris, by descent; Gilbert Paignon-Dijonval, Paris; his grandson, Vicomte Charles-Gilbert Morel de Vindé, Paris, by descent (without his mark, L.2520); Samuel Woodburn, London; Paul J. Haldeman, Brookline; Harvard Art Museums/ Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Haldeman, 2002.95.43

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