Fame Carrying a Portrait of Cardinal Mazarin
DrawingsFrench17th century

Fame Carrying a Portrait of Cardinal Mazarin

17th century

Artists

Charles Le BrunArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Black and red chalk with gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and black chalk, partially incised, verso reddened for transfer
Culture
French
Century
17th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

18.6 x 20.5 cm (7 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Provenance

John Thane, London (his mark L.1544, lower left); William Young Ottley, London (his mark, L.2665, mount, lower right); Castano Gallery, Boston, sold; to Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum, William C. Heilman Fund, 1954.5

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