DrawingsFrench17th century

Five Seated Nymphs

c. 1635-1640

Artists

Nicolas PoussinArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash with traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, corners made up

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

irregular: 11.1 x 11.9 cm (4 3/8 x 4 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Maximin Maurel, Marseille; his sale, Paris, Drouot, 12 November 1877, lot 104; Charles-Philippe, Marquis de Chennevières-Pointel, Paris and Bellême (his mark, L.2073, lower left, black ink); his sale, Paris, Drouot, 4-7 April 1900, part of lot 417 or 418; Louis Deglatigny (his mark, L.1768a, lower left, red ink); his sale, Paris, 14-15 June 1937, lot 192; Siegfried Schwarz, New York (as of 1953); sale, London, Sotheby's, 7 December 1967, lot 10, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1967, inv. no. 1967.79

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