1995.12: Design for a Medal: The Inauguration of the Mausoleum of King Louis XVI
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1995.12
- People
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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
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- 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
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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
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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