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Drawing, Fountain Design with Boar

This is a drawing. It was created by Charles Le Brun. It is dated ca. 1670 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is black and white chalk, brush and gray wash, pen and brown ink on laid 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

17.4 x 19.4 cm (6 x 7 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp, verso: The Cooper Union Museum (Lugt 457e)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in chalk, lower center, beneath boar: 3pi; in brown ink, lower center: 3 pied bronze au / Magazin du Roy au Viex Louvre / demi Relief

Cite this object as

Drawing, Fountain Design with Boar; Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690); France; black and white chalk, brush and gray wash, pen and brown ink on laid paper; 17.4 x 19.4 cm (6 x 7 5/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-7

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