DrawingsFrench18th century

Medici Thusnelda

1761-1762

Artists

Augustin PajouArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown and gray wash with traces of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, with cream antique laid paper border adhered to face

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.6 x 15.1 cm (10 7/8 x 5 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Augustin Pajou, Paris, 1809; Pajou family, France, by descent, 1809; Galerie Cailleux, Paris, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, inv. no. D-F-374 gift to Harvard University Art Museums, inv. no. 1999.25

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