Designs for Painted Panels with Fortune and Jacques Necker, Claude-Louis Desrais, (French, 1746–1816), Pen and ink, brush and white gouache and sepia washes, black chalk on two pieces of off-white laid paper, joined, At top is a radiant sun with interlacing L’s, the symbol of Louis XVI and a woman deflecting beams of light with a magnifying glass. At center, a woman holds a wreath over a portrait bust of Jacques Necker. At the base of the plinth is a book entitled Compte rendu, and a paper scroll on which is written: Eloge de Colbert. At bottom, a grotesque and a crowned shield with fleurs-de-lys., France, 1788–90, ornament, Drawing, Drawing
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Designs, Painted Panels, Fortune, Jacques Necker, Claude-Louis Desrais, French, 1746–1816, Pen, ink, brush, white gouache, sepia washes, black chalk, two pieces, off-white laid paper, joined, top, radiant sun, interlacing L’s, symbol, Louis XVI, woman deflecting beams, light, magnifying glass, center, woman holds, wreath, portrait bust, Jacques Necker, base, plinth, book entitled Compte rendu, paper scroll, written, Eloge de Colbert, bottom, grotesque, crowned shield, fleurs-de-lys, France, 1788–90, ornament, Drawing, Drawing
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