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Allegory of Louis XV as Patron of the Arts with Paintings and Sculpture from the Salon of 1769
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Allegory of Louis XV as Patron of the Arts with Paintings and Sculpture from the Salon of 1769

Medium

Oil paint over black chalk underdrawing, areas of paper reserve, on off-white laid paper, mounted on pasteboard, varnished

Dimensions

Sheet: 8 3/8 × 5 5/8 in. (21.3 × 14.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2009

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

1724–1780France

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