Design for a Ceiling: Aeolus Seated on Clouds Surrounded by Putti

18th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black, white, and red chalk on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 39 × 27.5 cm (15 3/8 × 10 13/16 in.)
    mount: 43 × 32 cm (16 15/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2019.139.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Nicolas Schwed, Paris); purchased 2019 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left corner in graphite: Lairesse; by later hand, lower left of mount in graphite: G Lairesse Studie plafond

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