Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette Crowned by Love

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin1775

Details

Title: Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette Crowned by Love
Creator: Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin
Date Created: 1775
Physical Dimensions: overall: 17.2 x 22.6 cm (6 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.)
Provenance: Marquis de Castelbajac. [1] Baron Roger Portalis [d. 1921], Paris (Lugt 2232; sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 13-14 March 1887, no. 181, as from Castelbajac: _ce Dessin provient de la vente du marquis de Castelbajac_). Richard Owen, Paris; Purchased 1940 by Samuel H. Kress, New York; gift 1963 to the National Gallery of Art. [1] According to Portalis sale catalogue it was owned by Castelbajac. However, no information could be found on this previous owner, nor on his sale.
Medium: red chalk, black chalk, pen and black and gray ink with watercolor and gouache, heightened with white gouache on laid paper

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