DrawingsFrench18th century

Removing the Dead

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Jean-Baptiste DeshaysPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown and gray wash, white gouache and black and white chalk with some stumping, on light brown antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

55.2 x 40.5 cm (21 3/4 x 15 15/16 in.)

Provenance

[Lucien Goldschmidt, New York (as French School, second half of 18th century)] sold 1980; to Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 130, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010

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