DrawingsFrench?18th century

Study of Three Condemned Souls

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Antoine CoypelPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso covered with red chalk

Culture

French?

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

30.2 x 45.5 cm (11 7/8 x 17 15/16 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby's, London, April 9, 1970, lot 241 (as Laurent Hubert)]. Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 106, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010

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