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Document identity
localId
151355
label
Three Heads and Other Sketches (verso)
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
151355
contentType
drawing
title
Three Heads and Other Sketches (verso)
date
1643–1644
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79934728
creators
1946
genreSpecific
Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 12.6 x 22 cm (4 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
cul
France, 17th century
accession
1983.197.b
Source extras
tec
pen and brown ink
tombstone
Three Heads and Other Sketches (verso), 1643–1644. Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665). Pen and brown ink; sheet: 12.6 x 22 cm (4 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1983.197.b
supportMaterials
description
beige(1) laid paper
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
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]
citations
citation
Unglaub, Jonathan. Poussin's Sacrament of Ordination: History, Faith, and the Sacred Landscape. Fort Worth: Kimbell Art Museum, 2013.
page_number
44
creditline
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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2026-05-29 07:49:03.283000
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151355
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Drawings
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DR - French
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pen and brown ink
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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