Letter to Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle Isle from Versailles
correspondent
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour
(Paris, 1721 - 1764, Versailles)
Date18 November 1760
Place MadeVersailles, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.006532
eMuseum ID727310
Other NumberU27w88
EmbARK ObjectID12689
Previous Number396
Original Numbernone, under S27w54 (I&N)
TMS Source ID1753
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (recto, upper right corner): Pompadour [$40.00]
Inscribed in pencil (recto, lower left center): 425
Inscribed in pencil (recto, lower left center): 425
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles F. Libbie and Co., Boston for $40 on 19 April 1890, lot 2898.
