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Drawing, Design for Two Andirons and Sconce of Gilt Bronze
This is a Drawing. It was created by Jean Démosthène Dugourc and designed by François-Joseph Belanger. It is dated 1777–90 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper, lined, framed with brown paper and pen and black ink lines. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled The Bet on the Bagatelle.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- Drawing, Designs for Three Chairs
- brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-136
Its dimensions are
Sheet: 20.5 x 29.3 cm (8 1/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower margin: Chenets et Bras en Bronze doré. No 5. Belanger; initials "MA" are inscribed in the medallion on the base under the urn; center of altar, initials "AXV" in the medallion.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for Two Andirons and Sconce of Gilt Bronze; Jean Démosthène Dugourc (French, 1749–1825); Designed by François-Joseph Belanger (French, 1744–1818); France; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper, lined, framed with brown paper and pen and black ink lines; Sheet: 20.5 x 29.3 cm (8 1/16 x 11 9/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-61
