DrawingsFrench18th century

Medal Design, France and Spain: PERPETUA CONSANGUINITATIS FIDES

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

sight: 27.5 x 30.5 cm (10 13/16 x 12 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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