Jacques Blanchard, Charity
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Jacques Blanchard

Charity

c. 1635-1636

Current Collection

Harvard Art Museums

Cambridge, United States

Medium
Black chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on off-white card, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
Dimensions
19 × 21.5 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-537566

The composition divided diagonally in half from upper left to lower right by a seated figure of Charity, who faces three-quarters to the right with a child on her lap; two others play at her feet, and one sleeps at her right side just beneath her right arm; a landscape is lightly indicated in the background.

Provenance

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs

Registry history

  • c. 1635-1636 — Recorded in the collection of Harvard Art Museums — drawings

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