1748
A cherub affixes a medallic portrait of Louis XVI to a draped palm, watched by female personifications of art and sculpture.
25.8 x 23.4 cm (10 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Robert Carfrae, Scotland, sold at Glendining & Co., London, 1990. Sale, November 28, 1990, no. 320. The drawing was acquired by Robert Carfrae (1820-1900) during the 19th century, and was consigned to auction ninety years after his death. Cyril Humphris, London, purchased from Glendining & Co., 1990, sold at Sotheby's, New York, 1995. Sale Jan. 10, 1995, lot 64 Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, purchased from Sotheby's, New York, 1995, sold to HUAM, 2000, 2000. long-term loan to HUAM, 1995-2000
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and blue-gray wash on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrench?Black ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink and yellow wash, adhered to blue wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchpen and black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on white laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk with touches of red chalk on blue antique laid paper; verso: red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and gouache on cream antique laid paper, with framing line in black ink, laid down on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink, gray wash, and graphite on off-white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGray ink and brown wash over graphite on white laid paper, laid down to the blue antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench