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Nicolas Poussin

Moses Driving the Sheperds from the Well

Description

Maker

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)

Title

Moses Driving the Sheperds from the Well

Year

ca. 1647

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

wash technique, chalk, pen and ink

Supports

Dimensions

16.5 x 16.3 cm (6 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed on verso, in pen and ink in 19th-century hand: Le Poussin / Collection Chennevieres"

Stamped with collector's mark of Thomas Hudson (1701-1779; Lugt 2432); Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830; Lugt 2445); of Philippe de Chennevières (1820-1899; Lugt 2073); of an unidentified collector (sometimes wrongly as Guillaume Huber; Lugt 1160).

Stamped on the verso with collector's mark of Teodor de Wyzewa (1862-1917; Lugt 2471); and of Émile Maurice Marignane (1879-1956; Lugt 1872).

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

59.020

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Treasures on Paper
Drawings and Watercolors from the Permanent Collection
Jun 13, 1989 – Aug 19, 1989
Old Master Drawings
Sep 02, 1983 – Oct 16, 1983

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Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Moses Driving the Sheperds from the Well, ca. 1647
Pen and brown ink and wash, and chalk over black chalk over beige laid paper
16.5 x 16.3 cm (6 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches)
Anonymous gift 59.020

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