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Source Description
Le Paon first exhibited at the Salon in 1779. He soon established himself as a painter of military scenes and became principal painter to the Prince of Conde, decorating the Bourbon Palace and the Ecole Militaire with battle scenes. This is a especially large watercolor, almost three feet wide.
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Document identity
localId
21793
label
Village Fair
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
21793
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Village Fair
description
Le Paon first exhibited at the Salon in 1779. He soon established himself as a painter of military scenes and became principal painter to the Prince of Conde, decorating the Bourbon Palace and the Ecole Militaire with battle scenes. This is a especially large watercolor, almost three feet wide.
provenance
Possibly Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 17, 1921, lot 99; Jacques Seligmann, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, November 16, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1775
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
44.5
height
99.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 17 1/2 x W: 39 in. (44.45 x 99.06 cm); Framed, H: 33 7/8 × W: 54 15/16 × D: 2 3/16 in. (86 × 139.5 × 5.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[On reverse
type written label]: ""Paris 1738 - Paris 1785 / FOIRE SUR LA PLACE D'UN VILLAGE.- / Très importante aquarelle rehaussée de / gouache
.. [illegible] de figures / et animaux. / Haut. 44 cms. Larg. 1 m.""
med
watercolor on paper
creator_ids
6866
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
32cb1be3e8bfc081