The boyhood of Christ / by / general Lew Wallace / Harper / 8 / brothers / New York / MDCC (projet de couverture, motif agneau et couronne d'épines)

1888

Dating: Exact year
Held at: musée des Beaux-Arts — Nantes
Medium: drawing
Dimensions: H. 27.3, L. 41.3
Collection no.: 983.21.107.D ; 8764
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: musée des Beaux-Arts — Nantes

About this artwork

The boyhood of Christ / by / general Lew Wallace / Harper / 8 / brothers / New York / MDCC (projet de couverture, motif agneau et couronne d'épines) — Luc Olivier Merson. 1888.

Medium: . Dimensions: H. 27.3, L. 41.3.

Collection record: musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes. Inventory 983.21.107.D ; 8764. Holding only; current display unverified.

Museum catalogue description (French):

Plume et gouache blanche et or sur papier calque

Source: Joconde — Ministère de la Culture, record updated 2026-02-23, export 9 September 2026. Metadata reused under Licence Ouverte 2.0. Artline's date normalization and selection are independent adaptations, not museum endorsement.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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