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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.600
People
Augustin Pajou, French (Paris 1730 - 1809 Paris)
Title
Royal Escutcheon of France
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1768
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294447

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk with traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
30.2 x 37.4 cm (11 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in drawing, on ribbon, upper center, red chalk: LOUIS LE BIEN AIME

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Martial Pelletier, Paris; his estate sale, Drouot (Delbergue), Paris, 29 April-4 May 1867, lot 1384; Germain Seligman, Paris (his mark, L.3863, lower right); Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara (by 1978); Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louise Haskell Daly Fund, inv. no. 1984.600

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louise Haskell Daly Fund
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.600
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henri Stein, Augustin Pajou, E. Levy (Paris, 1912), p. 196
  • John Richardson, ed., The Collection of Germain Seligman: Paintings, Drawings and Works of Art, E. V. Thaw & Co., Artemis S.A., and David Carritt Ltd. (New York, Luxembourg, and London, 1979), cat. no. 59, n.p.
  • James David Draper and Guilhem Scherf, Augustin Pajou: Royal Sculptor / Pajou: sculpteur du roi, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 1997), cat. no. 43, pp. 112-14
  • Alvin L. Clark, Jr. and Edouard Kopp, French Drawings from the Age of Claude, Poussin, Watteau, and Fragonard: Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2022), cat. no. 84, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Augustin Pajou: Royal Sculptor / Pajou: sculpteur du roi, Musée du Louvre, Paris Cedex 01, 10/20/1997 - 01/19/1998; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 02/26/1998 - 05/24/1998

Verification Level

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