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Drawing, Design for the Wall Decoration for Marie-Antoinette's Apartment at Fontainebleau Palace
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jean-Siméon Rousseau. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache on off-white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- Drawing, Preliminary Design for the Salon d'Angle at the Palais Royal, Paris,...
- pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-80
- Drawing, Painted Decoration of a Wall
- graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-1537
- Drawing, Painted Decoration with Alternate Suggestions
- graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-1548
Its dimensions are
45.8 x 57.8 cm (18 1/16 x 22 3/4 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: D&C BLAUW IV
It is inscribed
Inscribed on the verso in graphite in a nineteenth century hand: Fontainbleau / Appartement du Roi / Grand Cabinet á La suite de celui du Conseil; in Decloux's hand: Fay / T311
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for the Wall Decoration for Marie-Antoinette's Apartment at Fontainebleau Palace; Jean-Siméon Rousseau (1747 – 1820); France; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache on off-white paper; 45.8 x 57.8 cm (18 1/16 x 22 3/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-155
