Photo of collection object Three Heads and Other Sketches (verso)
Poussin, Nicolas. Three Heads and Other Sketches (verso), 1643–1644. pen and brown ink, Sheet: 12.6 x 22 cm (4 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.). Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund, 1983.197.b. CC0.

Three Heads and Other Sketches (verso)

1643–1644

Nicolas Poussin

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665)

Drawings

Three Heads and Other Sketches (verso), 1643–1644. Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665). Pen and brown ink; sheet: 12.6 x 22 cm (4 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1983.197.b
Original Source
Maker/Artist
Poussin, Nicolas
Classification
Drawing
Formatted Medium
pen and brown ink
Medium
pen, brown, ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 12.6 x 22 cm (4 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Inscribed
Inscription: by artist, right, in brown ink: [cropped]y / [cropped] toute sorte de soig et damours / [cropped][y ?] (. Monseigneur de considerer enquore que Cest / [cropped, illegible] et de [illegible]izer aussi bien que / [v]ostre liberalite / [cropped]de moy assurer de pla[ces ?] [sideways] [draft of a letter from Poussin to Paul Fréart de Chantelou, see Cleveland/Cambridge/Ottawa 1989, p. 47]
Departments
Drawings
Accession Number
1983.197.b
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Exhibitions
For recto:<br>CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).<br>CMA; Cambridge, Mass., Fogg Art Museum; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, From Fontainebleau to the Louvre: French Drawing from the 17th Century (Dec. 18, 1989-Jan. 28, 1990; Feb. 24-Apr. 8; May 6-June 27, 1990), no. 16, illus. <br>CMA, Treasures on Paper (May 10-July 24, 1988).<br>CMA, Year in Review for 1983 (Feb. 22-Apr. 8, 1984), cma Bulletin 71 (1984), p. 75 no. 183, illus. p. 40.<br>Lyon, France, Société Lyonnaise des Amis de la Gravure (1921), illus.<br>London, Grosvenor Gallery (1879), no. 976.
Rights Statement
CC0

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