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Sculptural ornament on the Pavillion de Flore, Palais des Tuileries, Paris

Maker

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (artist)
1827-1875

Title

Sculptural ornament on the Pavillion de Flore, Palais des Tuileries, Paris

Date of Production

(11 May) 1866

Medium

pen and dark brown ink on wove paper ruled with light brown ink

Dimensions

Height: 28 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4265

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords









Provenance

Ernest Chesnau (1833-1890); Galerie de Bayser (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, hand of Ernest Chesneau: "Croquis de Carpeaux pour / Son pavillon de Flore / fait chez moi en causant le vendredi / 11 mai 1866 / EC //"; lower left edge, graphite: "Signé par Ernest Chesneau-".

Collector's mark: none.

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