DrawingsFrench19th century

The Convalescence of Bayard

c. 1817

Artists

Pierre-Henri RévoilArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor, brown ink, and shell gold on cream laid paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

36.5 × 50.5 cm (14 3/8 × 19 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Private collection, France, sold through [Hôtel Drouot, commissaire priseur Thierry de Maigret, Paris, March 22, 2017, lot 67]; to [Galerie de Bayser, Paris], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

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