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Drawing, Designs for Gobelins Tapestry, April (Les Mois Grotesques par Bandes), 1709–10

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1709–10 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is red chalk, pen and brown ink on cream 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.

  • Drawing (France)
  • recto: red chalk on white laid paper; verso: black chalk, graphite.
  • 1931-64-242

Its dimensions are

38.7 x 10.2cm (15 1/4 x 4in.) Mat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.)

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Drawing, Designs for Gobelins Tapestry, April (Les Mois Grotesques par Bandes), 1709–10; Previously owned by Jean Léon Decloux (French, 1840–1929); France; red chalk, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper; 38.7 x 10.2cm (15 1/4 x 4in.) Mat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-1-1

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