Pallas Athene in the Form of a Bird Leaving Nestor and Telemachus
c. 1780
Artist, French, 1738 - 1826
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink with gray and brown washes over graphite, heightened with white, on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Ivan E. Phillips in memory of Jacqueline Getty Phillips
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Dimensions
overall: 29.5 x 21.9 cm (11 5/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
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Accession
1992.61.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ivan E. Phillips, Bedford, NY; gift to NGA, 1992.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: 70 francs; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Le barbier / 1738-1826
Wikidata ID
Q64581254