DrawingsFrench18th-19th century

A Centurion Begging for Protection from Marc Antony during a Seditious Revolt

c. 1800

Artists

Alexandre-Evariste FragonardArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and black and gray wash, probably over graphite, framing lines in black ink, on off-white antique laid paper (laid down)

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20.4 × 48 cm (8 1/16 × 18 7/8 in.)

Provenance

[Drouot Richelieu, Paris, commissaire-priseur Paul Renaud, June 12, 1992, lot 58]. [Sotheby's, London, February 26, 1998, lot 577]. [W. M. Brady & Co., New York, 1999]. Private Collection, Massachusetts. [Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2018