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Drawing, Wallpaper Design: Reconciliation of Venus and Psyche

This is a Drawing. It was created by Merry-Joseph Blondel and manufactured by Joseph Dufour et Cie.. It is dated 1815 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is graphite, black, white chalk, brush and black ink on brown coated paper mounted to paperboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mr. and Mrs. Christian H. Aall and from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 39.8 x 35.2 cm (15 11/16 x 13 7/8 in.) Mat: 56 x 48.1 cm (22 1/16 x 18 15/16 in.) Frame H x W x D: 67.9 × 60.3 × 5.7 cm (26 3/4 × 23 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in black chalk, lower right of sheet: Blondel fecit, 1815

It is inscribed

Inscribed in white, lower margin: RECONCILIATION DE VÉNUS ET DE PSYCHÉ.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Wallpaper Design: Reconciliation of Venus and Psyche; Merry-Joseph Blondel (French, 1781–1853; active Paris, France 1802–1851); Manufactured by Joseph Dufour et Cie. (France); France; graphite, black, white chalk, brush and black ink on brown coated paper mounted to paperboard; H x W x D: 39.8 x 35.2 cm (15 11/16 x 13 7/8 in.) Mat: 56 x 48.1 cm (22 1/16 x 18 15/16 in.) Frame H x W x D: 67.9 × 60.3 × 5.7 cm (26 3/4 × 23 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mr. and Mrs. Christian H. Aall and from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund; 1996-57-2

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