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

This is a Drawing. It was created by Claude Audran 3rd. 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.

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); Claude Audran 3rd (French, 1658 – 1734); 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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