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Medea

Former Attribution:: Formerly attributed to Charles Le Brun (French, Paris 1619–1690 Paris)
Date:: 18th century
Medium:: Pastel
Dimensions:: 11 9/16 x 8 1/8 in. (29.4 x 20.6 cm)
Classification:: Drawings
Credit Line:: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number:: 1974.25

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: Lower right corner, blind stamped: collector's mark of Chevalier de Damery, Lugt 2862
Provenance

Chevalier de Damery (French, died 1803 (?)); Vendor: Colnaghi, New York
References

Perrin Stein "A Newly Discovered Pastel by Charles Coypel" Burlington Magazine. CXLIII, April 2001, fig. no. 33, p. 220, ill.

Neil Jeffares Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800. London, 2006, p. 147.
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