Charles Percier
Elements d’Architecture, avec le Sanglier Borghese

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Elements d’Architecture, avec le Sanglier Borghese
ArtistFrench, 1764–1838
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Elements d’Architecture, avec le Sanglier Borghese
Date1786–1791
MediumWatercolor and pen and ink with incising, pricking, and graphite on cream wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 11 7/16 × 8 3/16 in. (29 × 20.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Vaughn Foundation Fund
Object number2023.470
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, late eighteenth/early nineteenth century; [Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, by 1993]; Sir Jack and Lady Baer, Kensington, London, 1993-20231; Estate of Sir Jack and Lady Baer, 2022; [London, Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers, Old Master, British, and European Art, 27 September 2022, lot 96]; [Nonesuch Gallery, London, 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryN/A
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