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Sketch to show how six paintings should be hung

Sketch to show how six paintings should be hung

(French, 1796–1875)
1860s
Medium/TechniquePen, brown ink, and brown wash on cream, ruled writing paper
DimensionsSheet: 10.2 × 7.8 cm (4 × 3 1/16 in.)
Mount: 17 × 12.2 cm (6 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number62.754
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceDr. Albert Victor Simon (b. about 1900), Paris; to Cécile Simon-Roland, Paris [see note]; April 11, 1962, Simon-Roland and others sale, Sotheby's, London, part of lot 21, sold for £200 to Laing 1962, sold by P. and D. Colnaghi, London, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 19, 1962)

NOTE: Sold as "the property of Mme. Cécile Simon-Roland, formerly in the collection of Dr. Victor Simon, Paris."
Landscape, with large tree on left, two figures at right, one holding long pole.
Landscape, with large tree on left, two figures at right, one holding long pole.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1860s
Landscape, with grove of trees at left, two men with long poles at right.
Landscape, with grove of trees at left, two men with long poles at right.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1860s
Lovers Profiting from the Drowsiness of the Grandmother
Lovers Profiting from the Drowsiness of the Grandmother
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
about 1785
Portrait of Henry S. Mount
Portrait of Henry S. Mount
William Sidney Mount
1824–68
Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
1861
The Fireworks
The Fireworks
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
about 1763-65
Camp Ellsworth (Near Darnestown, MD)
Camp Ellsworth (Near Darnestown, MD)
Henry J. Shaw
September 25, 1861
Temptation of St. Anthony
Temptation of St. Anthony
Luca Cambiaso
18th century
[One of] 120 Ornamental Designs
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
About 1600–20
[One of] 120 Ornamental Designs
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
About 1600–20
[One of] 120 Ornamental Designs
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
About 1600–20
Landscape with City and Waterways; verso: two scenes from Roman history (left, Bound Prisoner Led Away from a Seated Ruler; right, Caius Mrius in Prison)
Landscape with City and Waterways; verso: two scenes from Roman history (left, Bound Prisoner Led Away from a Seated Ruler; right, Caius Mrius in Prison)
Unidentified artist, Flemish, 17th century
17th century