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Jean-Antoine Houdon

Sorrow Consoled by Justice Who Points to Fame (Project for the Tomb of Monsieur Guillard),

Maker

  • Jean-Antoine Houdon

Title

Sorrow Consoled by Justice Who Points to Fame (Project for the Tomb of Monsieur Guillard)

Medium

watercolor, ink, charcoal

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • charcoal,
  • pen and ink,
  • brush and wash,
  • white heightening on tan laid paper

Techniques

  • charcoal,
  • pen and ink,
  • brush and wash,
  • white heightening on tan laid paper

Supports

  • tan laid paper

Dimensions

34.3 x 43.2 cm (13 1/2 x 17 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in pen and ink, LL: "Houdon inv. 1774"

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

29.084

Sorrow Consoled by Justice Who Points to Fame (Project for the Tomb of Monsieur Guillard)

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Inscribed in pen and ink, LL: "Houdon inv. 1774"

Publications

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

From Dürer to Van Gogh

June 5 - October 26, 2008

Old Master Drawings

September 2 - October 16, 1983

The Age of Canova

November 6 - December 15, 1957

Exhibition of 18th-Century Drawings and Watercolors

April 16 - December 3, 1948
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