DrawingsFrench19th century

Design for a Medal: The Inauguration of the Mausoleum of King Louis XVI

1817

Artists

André GalleArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash, black ink border, on cream wove paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 23 x 28.7 cm (9 1/16 x 11 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Christie's, New York, sold at auction, 1995. Sale, 12 January 1995, lot 194, repr. (one of three drawings). Jonathan H. Kagan, New York, Auction sale at Christie's, New York, 1995, Gift to HUAM, 1995. Sale, January 12 1995, lot no. 194.

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