XVIIIe siècle ECOLE FRANCAISE
XVIIIe siècle
Decorative Project for the Empress of Russia's Salon
Pen and grey ink, grey wash, blue ink and yellow, pink and blue watercolour, on light lead pencil lines
375 × 520 mm
Annotated in pen and brown ink [Elevation of the door in front of the windows, of Her M… the Empress of Russia’s Salon] and, inside the decorative pannels, [colonnade] and [peacock]; cyrillic inscriptions and numbered scale in pen and Indian ink.
Filigrane: Crowned coat of arms with Fleur de lys and letters C&I HONIG (Heawood 3346).
Provenance: Chatel & Tassinari (Lugt 4815 ; label on the reverse, with the number 41).