DrawingsFrench17th-18th century

Battle Scene

17th-18th century

Artists

Louis ChéronArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, gray wash, and white gouache on discolored blue antique laid paper, laid down on Japan paper

Culture

French

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

39.6 x 56.4 cm (15 9/16 x 22 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Sale, Christie’s, New York, 30 January 1998, lot 230; Galerie Mazarini, Paris, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston (inv. no. D-F-713), gift; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz, inv. no. 2006.326

Related Artworks

Drawings

Caricature of the Painter Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier

François-André Vincent, 18th-19th century

Black chalk counterproof on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper

18th-19th centuryFrench

Drawings

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page and luggage tag, left page); Untitled (adhered travel documents, right page)

Otto Piene, 1982

Colored marker, paper, and adhesive on paper

20th centuryGerman

Drawings

Untitled [Montlhéry]

Lyonel Feininger, 5/13/1911

Graphite on paper

20th centuryGerman

Drawings

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (adhered McDonald's bag, right page)

Otto Piene, 1984

McDonald's bag and adhesive on paper

20th centuryGerman

Drawings

Inscription (recto and verso)

Frederic Leighton, 19th century

Metalpoint on prepared paper

19th centuryBritish

Drawings

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (Mérida, right page)

Otto Piene, 1998

Colored marker on paper

20th centuryGerman

Drawings

Drawing

Unidentified Artist, 18th century

18th centuryFrench

Drawings

Untitled [Couple Walking and Woman Walking]

Lyonel Feininger, 6/4/1909

Brown, green, and purple crayon on paper

20th centuryGerman

Drawings

Men Fishing, Lake Molly Chunk-a-Muuk, Maine

Benjamin Champney, 1878

Graphite and white gouache on off-white wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Drawings

Friedrich Frobel House, Bad Liebenstein, 1924: Basement plan, 1:200

Walter Gropius, 1924

Ink on paper

20th centuryGerman

Drawings

Architectural Study; verso: Sketches of Vessels

Frederic Leighton, 19th century

Metalpoint on prepared paper

19th centuryBritish

Drawings

Wing

Unidentified Artist, 1759

Red chalk on toned cream antique laid paper

18th centuryFrench