DrawingsFrench18th century

Token Design for the Queen's Household

1740

Artists

Edme BouchardonArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper with blue paper strips adhered to face, framing lines in red chalk

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

diam.: 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Private collection, France; Didier Aaron et Cie, Paris, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston (by 1997), gift; to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz, inv. no. 1999.227

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