DrawingsFrench17th-18th century

Battle Scene

17th-18th century

Artists

Louis ChéronArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, gray wash, and white gouache on discolored blue antique laid paper, laid down on Japan paper

Culture

French

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

39.6 x 56.4 cm (15 9/16 x 22 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Sale, Christie’s, New York, 30 January 1998, lot 230; Galerie Mazarini, Paris, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston (inv. no. D-F-713), gift; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz, inv. no. 2006.326

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