DrawingsFrench17th century

Saint Peter

1631

Artists

Jacques CallotArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk and brown ink on cream antique laid paper, laid down on blue antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.4 x 9.3 cm (6 1/16 x 3 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Jean-Denis Lempereur, Paris; his sale, Paris, 1773; Lord Delamare, London; Henry Scipio Reitlinger, London; his sale, Sotheby's, 14 April 1954, part of lot 295, sold; to M. Bier, sold; to Germain Seligman, New York (his mark, L.3863, lower right, black ink); Robert M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara (as of 1979), sold; to Seiden and de Cuevas, Inc., New York, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1984, inv. no. 1984.606.2

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