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Drawing, Archbishop's Throne and Canopy; Six Separate Studies for a Throne, Prie-Dieu, and Canopy

This is a Drawing. It was created by Hippolyte-François Joseph Equennez. It is dated 1808 and we acquired it in 1949. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache, traces of black chalk, ruled border in pen and black ink on heavy white paper . It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Frederick Formes Horter.

Its dimensions are

39.9 x 53.7 cm (15 11/16 x 21 1/8 in.) dimensions vary Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, at lower left: Dessiné par Hippolitte Eqvennez en 1808: in pen and gray ink, next to each separate study (from upper left, counterclockwise): Tapis de prie-dieu; Dessus du fauteuil; profil du fauteuil; Prie-Dieu; Console en plafond; plafond du trône; coupe du Dôme.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Archbishop's Throne and Canopy; Six Separate Studies for a Throne, Prie-Dieu, and Canopy; Hippolyte-François Joseph Equennez (1772 – 1854); Belgium; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache, traces of black chalk, ruled border in pen and black ink on heavy white paper ; 39.9 x 53.7 cm (15 11/16 x 21 1/8 in.) dimensions vary Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Frederick Formes Horter; 1949-61-7

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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