Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011656Three Heads and Other Sketches (verso)
Inscriptions
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]
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665)
- Date
- 1643–44
- Medium
- pen and brown ink
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 12.6 x 22 cm (4 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
- Accession no.
- 1983.197.b
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