Joseph Marie Vien

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Joseph Marie Vien
1762-1848
Portrait of Edouard-Charles-Victurnin Colbert, Comte de Maulevrier (1758-1820)
Graphite on paper.
7 3/16 x 6 7/8 inches (199 x 164 mm)
Purchased on the Fellows Fund.
1978.36
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Inscribed at upper margin, "Par m. Vien fils au Chateau de Torcy"; at lower edge, "18 aôut(?) 1784".
Watermark: Wreath of leaves and letters "GR" inside circle, Britannia, fragment (cf. Heawood 205).

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Richard Collins, New York.
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Associated names: 

Collins, Richard, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 220.

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