Marriage of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici, The Dowry

Provenance

Private collection; sold, Christie’s, London, March 30, 1971, lot 31 to Colnaghi, London, for Dorothy Braude Edinburg; given to the Art Institute, 1998.

Marriage of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici, The Dowry

Antoine Caron

c. 1562

Accession Number

149021

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead-white gouache, on tan laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper

Dimensions

41 × 54.3 cm (16 3/16 × 21 7/16 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection