82.2004: Medal Design, The Equestrian Monument of Louis XV: GALLIA PLAUDENTE

Identification and Creation

Object Number

82.2004

People

Attributed to Louis-Claude Vassé, French (Paris 1716 - 1772 Paris)
Previously attributed to Edme Bouchardon, French (Chaumont-en-Bassigny 1698 - 1762 Paris)

Title

Medal Design, The Equestrian Monument of Louis XV: GALLIA PLAUDENTE

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1763

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/54430

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Red and brown chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper adhered to face

Dimensions

diam. (sight): 25 cm (9 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: on blue mount, black ink: le 4 Juin 1763 remis a M / duvivier le dessein de la statue / Equestre de louis quinze
• inscription: on pedestal (exergue), red chalk, in artist's hand: LUTETIA
• inscription: around image (legend), red chalk, in artist's hand: GALLIA PLAUDENTE

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Austin Gunnison, Cincinnati, Ohio. Private Collector, California. Christie's, Paris, date of sale 03/18/2004, part of lot 110, repr., sold; to William Robinson, Newton, Massachusetts, 2004; long-term loan; to Harvard University Art Museums 2004.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from William W. Robinson and Nancy E. Yocco

Object Number

82.2004

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Winslow Ames, "Bouchardon and Company", Master Drawings (Winter 1975), vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 379-400, no. 55, p. 398

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