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Description: Draftsman in the Oratory of S. Andrea, S. Gregorio al Celio

TitleDraftsman in the Oratory of S. Andrea, S. Gregorio al Celio

Creator nameRobert, Hubert

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1763

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsRed chalk

Dimensions12 15/16 × 17 5/8 in. (32.9 × 44.8 cm)

LocationPierpont Morgan Library, New York

https://www.themorgan.org/drawings/item/110040

Accession number1981.74

SubjectsDrawing, French--18th centuryArtists--PortraitsSculpture--Copying

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"The most splendid . . . collection of works of art in the world": Morse and the Louvre

Andrew McClellan

Samuel F. B. Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre and the Art of Invention

~AS MORSE SAILED HOME from France in 1832, his large painting of the Louvre rolled up in storage belowdecks, he alternated between confidence and despair about the prospects of the fine arts in America. Despite a career marked to that point mostly by professional frustration and meager patronage, he hoped his arresting image of the Louvre would break through...

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Andrew McClellan

PublisherTerra Foundation for American Art

Related print edition pages: pp.35-44

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00223.002

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20694&redirecttoanchor=59123

Chapter subject tags:Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872Louvre (Paris, France)Pictures--CopyingMuseums in artArt--Study and teaching

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