Place de la Concorde
Artist: attributed to Pierre Antoine de Machy
Place de la Concorde, seen from the left bank of the Seine. To commemorate one of the first balloon ascensions in Paris. Shows the beginning of the first manned hydrogen balloon flight from the Tuileries Garden, Paris to Nesle, a distance of twenty seven miles.
- Date
- c. 1783
- In our collection
- since February the 18th, 2010 up to now
- Dimensions
- 15 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. (40.01 x 62.23 cm) (panel)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Price
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- Composition
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iron 75% copper 22% cadmium 1% oxygen 2%