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Drawing, Design for a Fountain in a Park

This is a Drawing. It was created by De Crenice and dedicatee: Louis-Basile de Bernage. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black ink on 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.

Its dimensions are

Mount: 33 × 43.8 cm (13 in. × 17 1/4 in.) 26.8 × 37.3 cm (10 9/16 × 14 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Stransburg bend and lily over WCL Bottom left, the stamp of Marquis Ph. de Chennevieres, Lugt 2073.

It is inscribed

Written along the bottom: "Monsieur DeBernage, Conseiller d'Etat Ordinaire, Grand Croix de l'Ordre Royal et militaire de St. Louis, Prevost des marchandes de la/Ville de Paris, etc." Lower right: "Par son tres humble et obeissant serviteur de Crenice."

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Fountain in a Park; De Crenice; Dedicatee: Louis-Basile de Bernage; France; pen and black ink on paper; Mount: 33 × 43.8 cm (13 in. × 17 1/4 in.) 26.8 × 37.3 cm (10 9/16 × 14 11/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-37

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