Design for a vase
Henry Auguste
(1759–1816)
about 1806
Medium/TechniquePen, ink and wash
DimensionsSheet: 48.7 x 42.2 cm (19 3/16 x 16 5/8 in.)
Framed: 75.5 x 68.7 cm (29 3/4 x 27 1/16 in.)
Framed: 75.5 x 68.7 cm (29 3/4 x 27 1/16 in.)
Credit LineJulia Cheney Edwards Collection
Accession number2014.341
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
Collections
ProvenanceProbably about 1809/1810 until at least 1975, Maison Odiot, Paris [see note]. January 29, 2014, anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 135, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
NOTE:
Auguste was an independent goldsmith who worked on Napoleonic commissions. After he went bankrupt around 1809, the Maison Odiot bought many of his drawings.
NOTE:
Auguste was an independent goldsmith who worked on Napoleonic commissions. After he went bankrupt around 1809, the Maison Odiot bought many of his drawings.
Henry Austin
About 1868 (house built in 1868, demolished in 1955)