DrawingsFrench18th century

Two Satyrs Observing Two Sleeping Nymphs

18th century

Artists

Charles de La TraverseArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown and black ink, gray and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on off-white antique laid paper, laid down

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

33.7 x 23 cm (13 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Rey de Villette, Paris; sale, London, Christie's, 7 July 1987, lot 155, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, 1987, inv. no. D-F-163, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999, inv. no. 1999.2

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