c. 1650
34.5 x 26.5 cm (13 9/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
The artist's estate; his niece, Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella, Paris; Michel de Masso, Paris, by descent; Gaetano Minossi, Rome (by c. 1756); Thomas Talbot, Margam Castle, Port Talbot, Wales (as Nicolas Poussin; by c. 1776); Lady Beythswood, Penrice Castle, Glamorgan, Gower Peninsula, Wales, by descent; Christopher Methuen-Campbell, Penrice Castle, Glamorgan, Gower Peninsula, Wales, by descent; sale, Christie’s, London, 9 December 1986, lot 123 (as "Presentation in the Temple"); sale, Christie’s, New York, 13 January 1987, lot 105 (as "Sacrifice of Anna"); Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London; Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston (inv. no. D-F-268); Harvard Art Museums/ Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz in honor of James Cuno, 2006.318
Red chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: red chalk, offset
17th centuryFrenchBlack ink on vellum
17th centuryFrenchRed chalk on paper; verso: red and black chalk
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on blue antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchColored chalks on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with cream antique laid paper strips adhered to face
16th-17th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk with gray wash on tan antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, gray wash, touches of brown ink, on cream antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchRed chalk, gray wash, and graphite, framing lines in graphite and black ink, laid down on a decorated mount
17th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and black chalk on antique laid paper
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