id:			166664
accession number:	2008.379
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.379
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Design for the Divertissement from "La Pastorale" (First Entrée of the opera-ballet "Les Muses" by Danchet and Campra"), 1703. Jean I Bérain (French, 1640–1711). Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash with red, blue, and yellow wash, with graphite; sheet: 35.1 x 46.3 cm (13 13/16 x 18 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.379

title:				Design for the Divertissement from "La Pastorale" (First Entrée of the opera-ballet "Les Muses" by Danchet and Campra")
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creation date:			1703
creation date earliest:		1703
creation date latest:		1703
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	pen and black ink and brush and gray wash with red, blue, and yellow wash, with graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Jean I Bérain (French, 1640–1711)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 35.1 x 46.3 cm (13 13/16 x 18 1/4 in.)
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	description:	cream laid paper
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	inscription:	lower left, in graphite?: No 23; verso, upper left, in graphite: W; center, in graphite: 1230 [sideways]; lower right, in graphite: Probably Jean Le Pautre / scene [illegible]ment for Louis XIV c. 1670 / The V + A might be able to track it down exactly; lower right, in graphite: clean? / surface / clean? / c / [4 w?] / pretty; lower right, in graphite: xb [crossed out]; x336188.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin
	opening date:   2001-08-26T00:00:00
	<i>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).

	title:		Watteau, Music and Theatre
	opening date:   2009-09-21T00:00:00
	<i>Watteau, Music and Theatre</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 21-November 29, 2009).

	title:		Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints
	opening date:   2015-01-25T00:00:00
	<i>Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Unidentified collector's mark, verso, lower left, in black ink [si?]. [Christie's, London (19 March 1975), no. 65, pl. 8]; [Yvonne Ffrench (according to final price list issued by Christie's)]; [Shepherd Gallery, New York]; purchased in 1975.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. <em>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Referenced: cat. no. 2, p. 14-15, Reproduced: 15
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IMAGES

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