The Finding of Moses
c. 1655/1660
Artist, French, 1616 - 1671
Artwork overview
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Medium
black chalk on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Kenneth and Amy Eisen Krupsky, from the collection of Charles and Sylvia Eisen
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Dimensions
sheet: 29.6 × 26.7 cm (11 5/8 × 10 1/2 in.), irregular oval
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Accession
2020.79.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(H. Shickman Gallery, New York, as of 1966). Charles and Sylvia Eisen, Long Island, NY; gift to NGA, 2020.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
Exhibition of Old Master Drawings at the H. Schickman Gallery, New York, October 1966, no. 55.
2000
Sebastien Bourdon, 1616 - 1671, Le Musee Fabre, Montpellier; Les Musees de Strasbourg, 2000 - 2001, no. 134 (catalogue by Jacques Thuillier).
Inscriptions
by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Seb. Bordon / 1618 - 1684 / tres grand; by later hand, lower left verso in pen and brown ink: bordon [not deciphered]