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Claude Louis Desrais: English: Drawing, Designs for Painted Panels with Fortune and Jacques Necker, 1788–90   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Claude Louis Desrais  (1746–1816)  wikidata:Q2976766
 
Alternative names
C. L. Desrais
Description French illustrator
Date of birth/death 1746 Edit this at Wikidata 25 February 1816 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
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Paris Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q2976766
Title
English: Drawing, Designs for Painted Panels with Fortune and Jacques Necker, 1788–90
Description
English: At top is a radiant sun with interlacing L’s, the symbol of Louis XVI and a woman deflecting beams of light with a magnifying glass. At center, a woman holds a wreath over a portrait bust of Jacques Necker. At the base of the plinth is a book entitled Compte rendu, and a paper scroll on which is written: Eloge de Colbert. At bottom, a grotesque and a crowned shield with fleurs-de-lys.
Date 1788–90
Medium black chalk, pen and ink, brush and white gouache and sepia washes on two pieces of off-white laid paper, joined
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1911-28-70-2
Credit line Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Country: France
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