Description
Watercolour and ink on paper laid down on card, unframed
Dimensions
16.7cm x 30cm (6.6in x 11.8in)
Footnote
Note: This drawing would appear to be a preparatory sketch for a larger drawing (now held at the Chateau of Versailles) by Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune entitled 'Illumination du parc de Versailles et du Grand Canal'' with the description 'A l'occasion du mariage du Dauphin futur Louis XVI avec l'archiduchesse Marie-Antoinette, le 19 mai 1770', illustrated in the article 'Les Fêtes royales au XVIIIe siècle' by Jérôme de La Gorce in "Versailles", edited by Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel, Paris, Mazenod, 2009, v. 2, p. 539.
The attribution to the hand of Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune has been confirmed by Jérôme de La Gorce of L'Université Paris Sorbonne-Paris IV.