DrawingsFrench18th century

Royal Escutcheon of France

c. 1768

Artists

Augustin PajouArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk with traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

30.2 x 37.4 cm (11 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Martial Pelletier, Paris; his estate sale, Drouot (Delbergue), Paris, 29 April-4 May 1867, lot 1384; Germain Seligman, Paris (his mark, L.3863, lower right); Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara (by 1978); Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louise Haskell Daly Fund, inv. no. 1984.600

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