DrawingsFrench17th century

Christ Blessing Small Children

17th century

Artists

Nicolas de PlattemontagneArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

33.1 × 41.6 cm (13 1/16 × 16 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 2 July 1990, lot 102; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden and Sabatino Abate, Jr. and the Marian H. Phinney Drawing Department Discretionary and Paul J. Sachs Memorial Funds, inv. no. 1990.66

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