Medal Design, Peace with Olive Branch: PAX VBIQUE VICTRIX
DrawingsFrench18th century

Medal Design, Peace with Olive Branch: PAX VBIQUE VICTRIX

1763

Artists

Louis-Claude VasséArtist
Edme BouchardonPrevious attribution
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Red and brown chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper adhered to face
Culture
French
Century
18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

diam. (sight): 21.4 cm (8 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Austin Gunnison, Cincinnati, Ohio. Private Collector, California. [Christie's, Paris, March 18, 2004, part of lot 110], sold; to William W. Robinson, Newton, Massachusetts, 2004, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2024.

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