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Extreme Unction (recto); Three Heads and Other Sketches (verso)

1643–1644

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Nicolas Poussin

(French, 1594–1665)

France, 17th century

Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash

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

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1983.197

Location

not on view

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]

Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

From Fontainebleau to the Louvre: French Drawing from the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1989-January 28, 1990).

French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).