DrawingsFrench16th century

Catherine de Medici Entertaining the Polish Ambassadors in the Tuileries Gardens

1573

Artists

Antoine CaronArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, and white gouache over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on blue wove paper

Culture

French

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

34.2 x 49 cm (13 7/16 x 19 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Possibly private collection, Scotland; W. Thomson, Jr., United Kingdom, sold; to Colnaghi, London (by 1955), sold; to Winslow Ames, Saunderstown, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1964.74

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