DrawingsFrench18th century

Saint Peter Preaching to the Jews

1782

Artists

Charles-Nicolas Cochin le jeuneArtist

Classification

Drawings

Technique

Counterproof

Medium

Red chalk counterproof reworked with brown chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream wove paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11.2 x 21.4 cm (4 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Jean Guyot de Villeneuve, Paris; his sale, Paris, 28 May 1900, sold; to Galerie Cailleux, Paris, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, 1984, inv. no. D-F-61, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999, inv. no. 1999.1

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