DrawingsSwiss19th century

Study of a Figure Seizing an Ox (Study for "Arnold de Melchtal")

c. 1841

Artists

Jean-Léonard LugardonArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk, squared, on blue wove paper

Culture

Swiss

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

56 × 38.5 cm (22 1/16 × 15 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Jean-Léon Lugardon (Lugt 1486b). Carmen Fontanet, Geneva (Lugt 3225). [Genève Enchères, Geneva, April 20, 2016, as part of lot 252], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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