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accession number:	2010.292
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Madame de Maintenon Returning to the Catholic Church [1], 1700s. Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (French, 1720–1778). Black chalk and brown wash, heightened extensively with white (gouache) with graphite; sheet: 27 x 28.5 cm (10 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2010.292

title:				Madame de Maintenon Returning to the Catholic Church [1]
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1735
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	black chalk and brown wash, heightened extensively with white (gouache) with graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (French, 1720–1778)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 27 x 28.5 cm (10 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
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	description:	light to medium weight antique laid paper, off-white
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	inscription:	Faint signature on smaller drawing, upper center within a cartouche: Eisen; on verso of each mount, inscribed in pencil: Charles D.J. Disen 1720-1778/Mme de Maintenon being received back into Catholic Church/Ex collection Marquis de Lagoy (1764-1819) Aix-en-Provence
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PROVENANCE

	Marquis de Lagoy (Collector's mark, lower right corner of larger drawing in purple ink [L. 1710]); John Hardy, London; Shepherd Gallery, New York City, April 1978
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