Project for a Cartouche: An Allegory of Minerva, Fame, History and Faith Overcoming Ignorance and Time

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Project for a Cartouche: An Allegory of Minerva, Fame, History and Faith Overcoming Ignorance and Time

France, circa 1727
Paintings
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 60.96 cm) Frame: 27 × 32 × 3 1/2 in. (68.58 × 81.28 × 8.89 cm)
Purchased with funds provided anonymously in memory of Dr. Charles Henry Strub by exchange (AC1998.148.1)
European Painting
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • The Arts of France from François Ier to Napoléon Ier: a Centennial Celebration of Wildenstein's Presence in New York. New York: Wildenstein & Co., Inc., 2005.
  • Ananoff, Alexandre, and Daniel Wildenstein. François Boucher. 2 vols. Lausanne and Paris: La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1976
  • The Arts of France from François Ier to Napoléon Ier: a Centennial Celebration of Wildenstein's Presence in New York. New York: Wildenstein & Co., Inc., 2005.
  • Ananoff, Alexandre, and Daniel Wildenstein. François Boucher. 2 vols. Lausanne and Paris: La Bibliothèque des Arts, 1976
  • Ananoff, Alexander. and Daniel Wildenstein. L'Opera completa di François Boucher. 1980.
  • Marandel, J. Patrice.  French oil sketches from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17th century - 19th century.  Los Angeles:  The Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
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