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Three Heads and Other Sketches (verso)

1643–1644

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Nicolas Poussin

(French, 1594–1665)

France, 17th century

Pen and brown ink

Support: Beige(1) laid paper

Sheet: 12.6 x 22 cm (4 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1983.197.b

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

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]

Provenance

William Russell, London

1884

[sale, Christie's, London, 10-12 Dec. 1884, lot 403]

John Charles Robinson, London

John Postle Heseltine, London

[P. and D. Colnaghi, London]

Private Collection, France

Private Collection, New York

1983

[Eugene Victor Thaw, New York]

all according to Cleveland/Cambridge/Ottawa 1989, p. 47: William Russell, London (Lugt 2648, stamped twice, lower right, blindstamp); [his sale, Christie's, London, 10-12 Dec. 1884, lot 403]. John Charles Robinson, London (Lugt 1433, lower right, in brown ink). John Postle Heseltine, London (Lugt 1507, not stamped). [P. and D. Colnaghi, London]. Private Collection, France. Private Collection, New York. [Eugene Victor Thaw, New York]

Citations

Unglaub, Jonathan. Poussin's Sacrament of Ordination: History, Faith, and the Sacred Landscape. Fort Worth: Kimbell Art Museum, 2013. 44

Exhibition history

For recto:

CMA, French Drawings from the Collection (Dec. 13, 1994-Mar. 12, 1995).

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.

CMA, Treasures on Paper (May 10-July 24, 1988).

CMA, Year in Review for 1983 (Feb. 22-Apr. 8, 1984), cma Bulletin 71 (1984), p. 75 no. 183, illus. p. 40.

Lyon, France, Société Lyonnaise des Amis de la Gravure (1921), illus.

London, Grosvenor Gallery (1879), no. 976.

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