Achilles and Patroclus

1784/1789

Philippe-Auguste Hennequin

Artist, French, 1762 - 1833

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown and brown-gray wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.5 x 30.9 cm (8 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
    mount: 26.7 x 38.5 cm (10 1/2 x 15 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.141

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frederick A. den Broeder [1935-2000]; bequeathed to Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 96-97, no. 37 (entry by Margaret Doyle).

Inscriptions

by the artist on mount, lower right in pen and brown ink: Phi. Aug. Hennequin; by later hand, center verso in graphite: [Not deciphered]; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: [Not deciphered]; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: (circled) 81082; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Philippe Auguste Hennequin / École [Flamande?] / 1762_1833;

Watermarks

Pro Patria (similar to Churchill 133 and 135)

Wikidata ID

Q64619535

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