Acanthus Ornament

c. 1760

French 18th Century

Attributed to

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red and black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.1 × 44.6 cm (11 7/16 × 17 9/16 in.)
    mount: 35 × 50.1 cm (13 3/4 × 19 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.64.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Nathalie Motte Masselink, Paris); purchased 2019 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2018

  • Motte Masselink, Nathalie. Catalogue Hiver/Winter 2018. (Paris, 2018): n.p.

Inscriptions

lower left in chalk or graphite: Jules(?); by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 3 sty[not deciphered] / 36-51


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