DrawingsFrench19th century

Execution Scene

19th century

Artists

Denis-Auguste-Marie RaffetArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, gray wash, and graphite on beige wove paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

29.2 × 39.4 cm (11 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Albert Maroni, Paris, to; his son Robert F. Maroni, Lincoln, Mass. [Gropper Art Gallery, Cambridge, MA] sold; to private collector, 1967, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020

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