View of the Luxembourg Palace from the Grand Parterre; verso: Monument of the Pont d'Orleans
DrawingsFrench17th century

View of the Luxembourg Palace from the Grand Parterre; verso: Monument of the Pont d'Orleans

1635

Artists

Israël SilvestreArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Brown and black ink, brown wash, and watercolor on parchment, partial framing line in black ink; verso: traces of graphite
Culture
French
Century
17th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11 x 17.3 cm (4 5/16 x 6 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Germain Seligman, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966. Notes: 1. A letter dated March 14, 1964 from German Seligman to John Coolidge, Director of the Fogg Art Museum, confirms that the drawing was to be a gift to the museum (Jacques Seligmann & Co. archives, Archives of American Art online).

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