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Project for a Fête Decor

n.d.
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Project for a Fête Decor
  • Artist: Louis Pierre Baltard (French, Paris 1764–1846 Paris)
  • Date: n.d.
  • Medium: Pen and black ink, watercolor, over traces of black chalk
  • Dimensions: sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 1/8 in. (23.5 x 35.9 cm)
  • Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Alain and Marie-Christine van den Broek d'Obrenan Gift, 2008
  • Object Number: 2008.597
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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