Allegory of the Glory of Princes

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Prints and Drawings

1770/80

Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre
French, 1713-1789

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Artist: Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre
Title: Allegory of the Glory of Princes
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1770–1780
Medium: Black chalk, heightened with white on olive paper
Dimensions: 52.5 × 39.5 cm (20 11/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Worcester Sketch Fund
Reference Number: 1972.22
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Harold Joachim, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the Eighteenth Century (Chicago, 1979), no. 2D7.

The Art Institute of Chicago, “Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collections of The Art Institute of Chicago,” January 24-March 28, 1976, p. 58, cat. 47 (ill.).
Paris, Musée du Louvre, “Dessins français de l’Art Institute de Chicago de Watteau à Picasso,” October 15, 1976-January 17, 1977, n.p., cat. 12 (ill.).
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, “Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago,” February 10-April 10, 1977, pp. 34-35, cat. 12 (ill.).

M. Bourguignon de Fabregoules, Aix-en-Provence, to around 1840; given to Charles Joseph Barthélemi Giraud (died 1882), Aix-en-Provence and Paris, around 1840 [according to Lugt 1015]. Flury-Hérard, Paris, to May 1861 [Lugt 1015]; sold, Paris, 13-15 May 1861, Flury-Hérard sale. Alliance des Arts, Paris [Lugt 61]. Sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 27 February 1970, lot 41. Paul Prouté, France [according to Chicago 1976, exh. cat.]. Sold by Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, to the Art Institute, 1972.

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