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Design for a Wall Decoration at Fontainebleau, 1643-1644, Simon Vouet, French, 1590–1649, 13 11/16 x 5 11/16 in. (34.77 x 14.45 cm) (sheet)19 3/4 × 15 3/4 in. (50.17 × 40.01 cm) (outer frame), Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, partially incised for transfer, on beige paper, framing lines in pen and brown ink, France, 17th century, Simon Vouet served at the court of Louis XIII as 'first painter to the king.' At the chateau of Fontainebleau, Vouet used this sketch as the basis for a fresco in the vestibule of the queen's apartments in 1644. The decorations were later destroyed
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