drawing;
print study
- Museum number
- 1897,0615.7
- Description
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Study for an allegory of Queen Marie Antoinette; seated at centre with Minerva behind her, the three Graces in the clouds above holding a crown, and the seven Virtues around her, leaning forward to raise the kneeling figure of France. 1775
Black chalk; squared for transfer
- Production date
- 1775
- Dimensions
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Height: 180 millimetres
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Width: 103 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- A study for the design engraved by de Longueil in 1776, and re-issued in altered form in 1781 (see for the first version 2010,7110.1 and the second 1897,0615.8).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1897
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1897,0615.7