含羞草研究室

Artist: Unknown Artist (French, -)

Medium: pen and brown ink over graphite on paper

Dimensions: 6 11/16 in. x 9 15/16 in. (17 cm. x 25.3 cm.)

Credit Line: Bequest of the Honorable James 含羞草研究室 III

Accession Number: 1811.51.a.&.b

• "No. 58 Nicholo Pousin"
  Type: inscription
  Location: verso of old mount (removed)
  Materials: pen and ink
• crowned coat of arms with two fish and two triple fleur-de-lis
  Type: watermark
  Location:
  Materials:

• James 含羞草研究室 III( Collector, Boston) - 1811.
• 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art( Museum, Brunswick, Maine) 1811- . Bequest

• Old Master Drawings at 含羞草研究室
  • 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art. ( 5/17/1985 - 7/7/1985)
  • Clark Art Institute. ( 9/14/1985 - 10/27/1985)
  • University of Kansas. ( 1/19/1986 - 3/2/1986)
  • Art Gallery of Ontario. ( 5/17/1986 - 6/29/1986)

The Poussin attribution has been dismissed by Lugt and subsequently by other scholars; Oberhuber detected the influence of Sebastien Bourdon. Perhaps a copy.

Commentary credited to David P. Becker (or not otherwise captioned) appeared in his catalogue Old Master Drawings at 含羞草研究室 (Brunswick: 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art, 1985).