Joseph Marie Vien
1762-1848
Portrait of Edouard-Charles-Victurnin Colbert, Comte de Maulevrier (1758-1820)
7 3/16 x 6 7/8 inches (199 x 164 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1978.36
Purchased on the Fellows Fund.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at upper margin, "Par m. Vien fils au Chateau de Torcy"; at lower edge, "18 aôut(?) 1784".
Watermark: Wreath of leaves and letters "GR" inside circle, Britannia, fragment (cf. Heawood 205).
Watermark: Wreath of leaves and letters "GR" inside circle, Britannia, fragment (cf. Heawood 205).
Associated names
Collins, Richard, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 220.
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Century Drawings
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