drawing;
print study
- Museum number
- 1946,0713.1080
- Description
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Clovis, Clothilde and Aurèle crossing a river in a stormy landscape near Auberon's palace, with a mountain beyond and rocky land with palm tree at right; an illustration to the first book of 'Clovis ou la France chrestienne' by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, 1657
Pen and brown ink, brown wash
Verso: Figure studies; two classical figures, upper part of a figure at left and a leg study at right
Pen and brown ink, black chalk (leg on right)
- Production date
- 1657
- Dimensions
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Height: 212 millimetres
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Width: 344 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The attribution to Chauveau was made by Alvin Clark who first noted that this corresponds to a print. For the related print, see IFF.584 and 1869,0410.1139. A more finished version of the drawing is in the Albertina (inv.13492).
Lit.: A.L. Clark, Jr, 'A New Drawing by François Chauveau', "Master Drawings", 28, Spring, 1990, pp. 74-79
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Clovis ou la France chrestienne
- Acquisition date
- 1946
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1946,0713.1080
