Project for the Tomb of the Maréchal de Belle-Isle
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Object Details
- Artist
- Augustin Pajou, 1730–1809
- For
- Maréchal Charles-Louis-Auguste Fouquet, French, 1684 - 1761
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- In this monumental scheme, the Maréchal's former wife and son (each of whom had predeceased him), flank the standing Maréchal, dressed in classical armor. The Maréchal gestures towards his wife, who stoops to greet him at the doorway (surmounted by family crest and pair of lions) of the family mausoleum; his son (also in classical military garb) kneels and kisses his father's left hand. The angel of death, holding a scythe, hovers above. Smoke emanates from censors on either side of the central group.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
- 1761
- Accession Number
- 1931-73-234
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- architecture
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Black chalk, pen and black ink, point of brush and brown-black ink; gray and brown wash, red watercolor, white gouache on yellow-brown wove paper
- Dimensions
- 90 x 56.9 cm (35 7/16 x 22 3/8 in.)
- made in
- France or Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1931-73-234
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq471425a6e-1c88-4577-a580-f739532cd376
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