About the Artwork
Angels Ministering to Christ
mid-17th century
Louis Licherie
1629-1687
French
Unknown
Brush and brown ink and ink wash over graphite, heightened with white, on heavy cream paper
Image: 10 × 11 9/16 inches (25.4 × 29.4 cm) Sheet: 10 × 11 9/16 inches (25.4 × 29.4 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1SDR114
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Stamp, in blue ink, lower left: FG (circled) (Lugt 1003, F. Gauermann)
Provenance
J. Grünlig (Vienna, Austria)
F. Gauermann (Vienna, Austria)
1887, C.J. Meyer (Carlsbad)
James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA) (as by Alexander-Evariste Fragonard)
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Italian, French, English, and Spanish Drawings and Watercolors. Cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. New York, 1992, pp. 180-181, no. 81.
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Louis Licherie, Angels Ministering to Christ, mid-17th century, brush and brown ink and ink wash over graphite, heightened with white, on heavy cream paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1SDR114.
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