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Drawing, Design for the Wall Decoration for Marie-Antoinette's Apartment at Fontainebleau Palace
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jean-Siméon Rousseau. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache on off-white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
Its dimensions are
45.8 x 57.8 cm (18 1/16 x 22 3/4 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: D&C BLAUW IV
It is inscribed
Inscribed on the verso in graphite in a nineteenth century hand: Fontainbleau / Appartement du Roi / Grand Cabinet á La suite de celui du Conseil; in Decloux's hand: Fay / T311
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for the Wall Decoration for Marie-Antoinette's Apartment at Fontainebleau Palace; Jean-Siméon Rousseau (1747 – 1820); France; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache on off-white paper; 45.8 x 57.8 cm (18 1/16 x 22 3/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-155