DrawingsFrench17th century

Minerva Assisting Louis XIV with the Presentation of an Architectural Plan to France

17th century

Artists

Charles Le BrunArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk, brown and gray wash, and touches of brown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in graphite, black chalk, brown ink, and brown wash, laid down on a decorated mount

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

34.9 × 21.7 cm (13 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Pierre Crozat, Paris; possibly his sale, Paris, Pierre-Jean Mariette, 10 April-13 May 1741, part of lot 1010; Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris (his mark, L.1852, mount, lower right); his sale, Basan, Paris, 15 November 1775-30 January 1776, possibly part of lot 1179; possibly Augustin Pajou, Paris; Germain Seligman, New York (his mark, L.3863, mount, lower left); Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara (by 1978); Artemis, New York; Seiden and de Cuevas, Inc., New York; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louise Haskell Daly Fund, inv. no. 1984.590

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