JEAN-FRANÇOIS-THÉRÈSE CHALGRIN (FRENCH 1739-1811), BALLROOM FOR THE

JEAN-FRANÇOIS-THÉRÈSE CHALGRIN (FRENCH 1739-1811) BALLROOM FOR THE DAUPHIN'S WEDDING TO MARIE ANTOINETTE, 1770 Watercolour, pen and black ink, pencil and grey wash, heightened with white on laid paper 49.5 x 66.5cm (19¼ x 26in.) Provenance: The collection of Victorien Sardou His sale, Galerie Georges Petit, 27-28 April 1909, lot 49 Sale, Me Ader, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 14 December 1962, lot 23 (where misattributed to François-Joseph Bélanger according to label verso) The collection of Olivier Lefuel, Paris His sale, Millon & Millon & Associés, Paris, Collection d'un Grand Amateur de Dessins d'Architecture, 26 June 2008, lot 101 Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI were the last reigning monarchs in France. They married on 16 May 1770 in Versailles in front of over 5000 guests. In addition, a crowd of over 200,000 onlookers watched the final celebratory firework display at the end of the evening. The marriage itself had been many years in the making with King Louis XV and Empress Marie Theresa orchestrating the union when Louis and Marie were still children. The motive behind the match was to end a three-century rivalry between their respective countries France and Austria. Perhaps foreshadowing events to come, the marriage was viewed as bad luck when a big storm the morning of the wedding threatened to interrupt the ceremony, and later that evening after the firework display ended, a huge riot resulted in the deaths of several hundred civilians. Condition Report: The work is executed on two joined sheets, on close examination in the lower section of the cobbles there is revision on a cut in piece, presumably by the artist along the lower left hand edge, approximately 6 x 1 inches and running from this are repaired diagonal tears running up from the group of figures on the lower left corner and to the left and right of the pair of gentlemen on the left hand side. There are other further nicks and tears to the sheet. There are areas of retouching visible in the sky and a repaired tear at the bottom of the left hand column from the group of four. There are a couple of scattered light fox marks. The watercolour was not taken out of the frame in the preparation of this report. On taking the watercolour out of the frame the drawings is laid down on a secondary sheet, which has scattered light foxing. There is some old retouching in the sky, particularly down the join. There is a repair to the upper pediment on the left of the building and a small hole in the cobbles and in the base of the 3rd column from the left. The retouchings in the sky are over an old repaired tear. Condition Report Disclaimer, JEAN-FRANÇOIS-THÉRÈSE CHALGRIN (FRENCH 1739-1811), BALLROOM FOR THE DAUPHIN'S WEDDING TO MARIE ANTOINETTE, 1770, JEAN-FRANÇOIS-THÉRÈSE CHALGRIN (FRENCH 1739-1811) BALLROOM FOR THE DAUPHIN'S WEDDING TO MARIE ANTOINETTE, 1770 Watercolour, pen and black ink, pencil and grey wash, heightened with white on laid paper 49.5 x 66.5cm (19¼ x 26in.) Provenance: The collection of Victorien Sardou His sale, Galerie Georges Petit, 27-28 April 1909, lot 49 Sale, Me Ader, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 14 December 1962, lot 23 (where misattributed to François-Joseph Bélanger according to label verso) The collection of Olivier Lefuel, Paris His sale, Millon & Millon & Associés, Paris, Collection d'un Grand Amateur de Dessins d'Architecture, 26 June 2008, lot 101 Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI were the last reigning monarchs in France. They married on 16 May 1770 in Versailles in front of over 5000 guests. In addition, a crowd of over 200,000 onlookers watched the final celebratory firework display at the end of the evening. The marriage itself had been many years in the making with King Louis XV and Empress Marie Theresa orchestrating the union when Louis and Marie were still children. The motive behind the match was to end a three-century rivalry between their respective countries France and Austria. Perhaps foreshadowing events to come, the marriage was viewed as bad luck when a big storm the morning of the wedding threatened to interrupt the ceremony, and later that evening after the firework display ended, a huge riot resulted in the deaths of several hundred civilians. Provenance:, Collection d'un Grand Amateur de Dessins d'Architecture, Condition Report:, The work is executed on two joined sheets, on close examination in the lower section of the cobbles there is revision on a cut in piece, presumably by the artist along the lower left hand edge, approximately 6 x 1 inches and running from this are repaired diagonal tears running up from the group of figures on the lower left corner and to the left and right of the pair of gentlemen on the left hand side. There are other further nicks and tears to the sheet. There are areas of retouching visible in the sky and a repaired tear at the bottom of the left hand column from the group of four. There are a couple of scattered light fox marks. The watercolour was not taken out of the frame in the preparation of this report. On taking the watercolour out of the frame the drawings is laid down on a secondary sheet, which has scattered light foxing. There is some old retouching in the sky, particularly down the join. There is a repair to the upper pediment on the left of the building and a small hole in the cobbles and in the base of the 3rd column from the left. The retouchings in the sky are over an old repaired tear. Condition Report Disclaimer

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