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Portrait of Abbé Jouveau

A work made of graphite, with traces of charcoal, on ivory wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of graphite, with traces of charcoal, on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1875

Artist:

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
French, 1796-1875

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot

Title

Portrait of Abbé Jouveau

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1875

Medium

Graphite, with traces of charcoal, on ivory wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower right, in graphite: "Corot"; inscribed recto, lower right, in graphite: "le 25 Janvier 1875, offert à Mr. Jouveau, curé de Coubron"; inscribed verso, in graphite: "Bristol [?] noir devant. p.c. [in another hand] 17 bis n 2000 8 [?] no /"

Dimensions

31.4 × 23.5 cm (12 3/8 × 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Helen Regenstein Collection

Reference Number

1979.370

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