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Drawing, Project for a Country Villa

This is a Drawing. It was circle of Claude-Nicolas Ledoux. It is dated ca. 1765–70 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper, lined. 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

27 x 49 cm (10 5/8 x 19 5/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Project for a Country Villa; Circle of Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (French, 1736 – 1806); France; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper, lined; 27 x 49 cm (10 5/8 x 19 5/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-99

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