Johann Pasch (1706-1769)

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Johann Pasch (1706-1769)

Design for an Apparatus erected on the Celebration of the Wedding of the Dauphin de France in 1749

signed 'J.Pasch inv.' and inscribed 'Feste donnée par Mr. de Lamarie ambassadeur de France pour le Mariage du Dauphin 1749.' and with a scale from '1 to 18'; black chalk, pen and gray ink, gray wash, watermark Pro Patria
15½ x 11½in. (394 x 288mm.)

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Design for a temporary decoration commissioned by the French Ambassador to Sweden for the marriage of the Dauphin Louis with Marie-Joseph de Saxe, daughter of Frederick August II. Louis, the son of Louis XV and father of Louis XVI, died in 1765.