1995.12: Design for a Medal: The Inauguration of the Mausoleum of King Louis XVI

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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