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18th century
Catalogue des tableaux de Mr. de Jullienne
Pen and black ink and wash, and watercolor, over black chalk, on paper.
Binding: 7 15/16 x 10 9/16 inches (202 x 268 mm); leaf: 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (196 x 260 mm)
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
1966.8
Notes: 

This manuscript catalogue of the paintings and drawings of the famous eighteenth-century collector Jean de Jullienne (1686-1766) contains 144 leaves (first and last four leaves are blank) with small watercolor illustrations showing where they hung in his Paris house. It was compiled by Jean-Baptiste-François de Montullé (1721-1787), Jullienne's cousin who was his successor in the family business and his residuary legatee. The catalogue can be dated about 1756 on the basis of the compiler's comment in connection with a picture by Oudry that the artist died recently, as Oudry died in April 1755. It includes a frontispiece of small cupids representing the Arts (after Boucher?) with monogram DJ; a title-page; a preface signed "Montullé"; a plan of the appartments; a list of 367 paintings and drawings interspersed with forty-two plates (no. 31 folding, no. 30 missing) showing elevations of walls hung with framed paintings and drawings, 152 of which are represented in miniature; a chronological table of the artists and their paintings divided into Italian, Flemish, and French schools; and an index of artists.

Inscription: 

Watermark: page 10. Crown over shield, fragment.
Watermark: page 92. Lower half of fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, over letters "VDL", (Strasbourg lily).
Watermark: page 138. Crown over shield, fragment.

Provenance: 
Colnaghi & Son, 1830 (according to inscription at end of album); Rev. John Gott, Bishop of Truro; sale, London, Sotheby's, 20 March 1908; Maurice Fenaille; Monsieurde Panafieu.
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Associated names: 

Jullienne, Jean de, 1686-1766.
Montullé, Jean-Baptiste François de, 1721-1787.
Gott, John, 1830-1906, former owner.
Fenaille, Maurice, former owner.
Panafieu, de, Monsieur former owner.

Bibliography: 

Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 146.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., ed. Fifteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1967 & 1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 111.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 126.

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French
Century: 
18th century
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Album
Department: 
Drawings and Prints