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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.12
People
André Galle, French (1761 - 1844)
Title
Design for a Medal: The Inauguration of the Mausoleum of King Louis XVI
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1817
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293801

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash, black ink border, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 23 x 28.7 cm (9 1/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Brown ink, top: REGALIBVS - CINERIBVS - HONORES - INSTAURATI; bottom: LVDOVICI - XVIII - PIETATE; graphite, bottom: XXI JAN MDCCCXVII; lower left: le 21 Janvier 1817; lower right: M Galle; verso, graphite: AC3 / 85 9 (encircled) / pour médaille commémorative Anniversaire de mort L.XVI GALLE/800 F.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Christie's, New York, sold at auction, 1995. Sale, 12 January 1995, lot 194, repr. (one of three drawings).
Jonathan H. Kagan, New York, Auction sale at Christie's, New York, 1995, Gift to HUAM, 1995. Sale, January 12 1995, lot no. 194.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jonathan Kagan
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.12
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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