DrawingsFrench18th-19th century

Ornamental Frieze of Putti

18th-19th century

Artists

Pierre-Paul Prud'honArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk drawing mounted within a book on Prud'hon

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sight: 3.4 x 12.3 cm (1 5/16 x 4 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles de Boisfremont, (L. 353). Boisfremont was an intimate friend of Prud'hon. His Prud'hon drawings passed to his neice and/or to his son, whose sales were 15-16 Apr. 1864 or 9 Apr. 1870. respectively. See Lugt.

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