Spandrel Decoration: Fame and Truth Applauding Louis XV
date: label: Date
content: 1753
name: label: Artist
content: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A putto, companion of Fame, directs the attention of Truth to a portrait of Louis XV. The women are seated in the foreground above a pedestal before which stands an incense burner.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-8
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and pale pink wash on white paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 26.3 x 19.8 cm (10 3/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Frame: 34.5 x 27.9 cm (13 9/16 x 11 in.)