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Source Description
On the base of the torchère, or candlestick, is the monogram LN for (Charles) Louis Napoleon, who was elected president of France in December 1848 and became Emperor Napoleon III four years later. Barye, who identified himself as a producer of decorative works of art as well as sculpture, might have submitted this design to Joachim Visconti (1791-1853), the architect who began Napoleon III's additions to the Louvre.
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Document identity
localId
40141
label
Study for a ""Torchère""
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
40141
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Study for a ""Torchère""
description
On the base of the torchère, or candlestick, is the monogram LN for (Charles) Louis Napoleon, who was elected president of France in December 1848 and became Emperor Napoleon III four years later. Barye, who identified himself as a producer of decorative works of art as well as sculpture, might have submitted this design to Joachim Visconti (1791-1853), the architect who began Napoleon III's additions to the Louvre.
provenance
Émile Martin; Mme Martin Zedee, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
date
ca. 1852
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
sketches
drawing
leaf
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
30.5
height
19.7
dimensionsRaw
12 x 7 3/4 in. (30.5 x 19.7 cm)
Source extras
med
brown and red ink on white paper
creator_ids
6082
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
1956
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
fba72dc9a3748c72