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Francois Boitard, ca. 1670–1715, French, A Design of Masks, 1710
- Title:
- A Design of Masks
- Additional Title(s):
- Masques De Different Couractere De passions
- Date:
- 1710
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black ink and gray ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 5/8 × 20 13/16 inches (37.1 × 52.9 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 13 7/8 × 19 1/16 inches (35.2 × 48.4 cm), Image: 13 5/8 × 13 5/8 inches (34.6 × 34.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen, with black ink, lower left: "masques De Different - Couractère De passions | Inventé Dessiné par F Boitard 1710"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "D2894"
Watermark; collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Signed and dated, in pen, with black ink, lower left: "F Boitard 1710"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5412
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | design | emotions | faces | French | masks | passion
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14861
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