Album of Portraits of Queen Marie-Antoinette
volume assembled between 1815 and 1942
Medium
bound volume with 32 late 18th- and early 19th-century prints, six printed on silk, and 2 drawings hinged on wove paper in a repurposed binding, plus a manuscript account of the contents by Edward Clayton
Dimensions
book: 50.5 × 36 × 2.5 cm (19 7/8 × 14 3/16 × 1 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Widener Collection
Accession Number
1942.9.1665-1698
About the Artist
Various Artists
"Various Artists" is not the pseudonym of a singular figure in art history but rather a cataloging convention employed by museums, auction houses, and galleries to attribute works created by multiple collaborators, anonymous makers, or participants in group projects. This term facilitates the documentation of collective endeavors where individual contributions blur or are intentionally undifferent...