Attributed to Jean-Ange-Joseph Loque (French, received master goldsmith on July 26, 1777) Monstrance project Ink and wash on paper mounted on paper. Collection stamp of Charles Eggiman (1863-1948) lower right. Annotation in ink: "Loque / O N°12 / Le bijoutier-orfèvre Loque fût mêlé à l'affaire du collier (voir Mémoire pour les sieurs Vaucher, horloger et Loque, bijoutier contre le sieur Bette d'Etienne-Ville, Baron de Fages et autres accusés. Paris Prault, - 1786) / Fait par Loque orfèvre quai Pelletier au calice d'or / 1776 ". Height 19.6 Width 10.3 cm. (small tear at lower right corner, stains) Provenance: former collection of Charles Eggiman (1863-1948), bookseller-publisher in Geneva and Paris. Attributed to Jean-Ange-Joseph Loque. An ink and wash draft drawing of a monstrance. From the Maison Odiot collections.

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