Design for a Medal Commemorating the Treaty of Paris, 1814

Jacques Edouard Gatteaux

ca.1814 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash · Drawings and Prints

This is one of the few surviving drawings by Gatteaux, an engraver of medals. His delicate use of line and wash recalls the technique of his lifelong friend Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. The design commemorates the Treaty of Paris of 1814, signed by the French king Louis XVIII and other European leaders following the abdication and exile of Emperor Napoleon I.

Artist

Jacques Edouard Gatteaux

Date

ca.1814

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. David T. Schiff Gift, 1980