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French 18th Century

Acanthus Ornament, c. 1760

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Medium

red and black chalk on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2019.64.2

Artists / Makers

French 18th Century (artist)

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Galerie Motte Masselink

Bibliography

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

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