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Drawing, Festival given by the City of Paris on the occasion of the marriage of the Dauphin, later Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette.

This is a Drawing. It was after Pierre Louis Moreau Desproux. It is dated ca. 1770 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and white gouache and watercolor.. 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.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 39.3 x 72.7 cm (15 1/2 x 28 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

watermark: Hudelist and crowned escutcheon with INMP.

It is inscribed

Caption: Fete Donne par la ville paris, le XXX Mai MDCCLXX, a l'occasion du marriage de monseigneur le dauphin avec l'archiduchesse antoinette dans la place de Louis XV. Pendant la 111ieme prevoste de monsieur bignon. Sur les desein et conduite de monsieur moreau architecte du roy. Maitre general des batiments de la ville. Dessine par radel."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Festival given by the City of Paris on the occasion of the marriage of the Dauphin, later Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette.; After Pierre Louis Moreau Desproux (French, 1727 – 1793); pen and ink, brush and white gouache and watercolor.; Sheet: 39.3 x 72.7 cm (15 1/2 x 28 5/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-260

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