DrawingsFrench17th century

Grand Parterre of the Luxembourg Palace; verso: Panorama North of Paris, near Montmorency

1635

Artists

Israël SilvestreArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, brown wash, and watercolor with touches of graphite on parchment, partial framing line in black ink; verso: black ink and watercolor

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11.3 x 17 cm (4 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Sir Bruce Ingram; Madame J. C. Prost; her sale, New York, Jacques Seligmann & Co., March 1964, sold (1); to Fogg Art Museum, 1964, inv. no. 1964.30 Notes: 1. The drawing is listed as number 8745 in the Jacques Seligmann & Co. stock catalogue from 1956-1971 (Jacques Seligmann & Co. Archives, Archives of American Art online). The entry is crossed out, possibly confirming that it was sold during this time. Various letters from the Archives from March 1964 between Germain Seligman and John Coolidge, Director of the Fogg Art Museum, discuss the sale of this drawing.

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