An Ancient Sacrifice
c. 1800
Artist, French, 1740 - 1808
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink with gray wash, 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: 29.1 x 22.3 cm (11 7/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
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Accession
1992.61.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection (sale, New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 3 June 1980, no. 17, as Jean-Jacques François Le Barbier); to Ivan E. Phillips, Bedford, NY; gift to NGA, 1992.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 5712; by later hand, center center verso in graphite: ON-UN
Wikidata ID
Q64540197