18th century
Above, at the left, a monument is erected upon a supporting arch in a temple. Below, an ancient sacrificial scene in which a great crowd is gathered in front of a vast arcade; at the left near an altar a priest raises his weapon to sacrifice the maiden standing beside an altar.
irregular: 23.9 x 25.9 cm (9 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Maurice de Fleury. Richard Owen, Paris, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932
Black chalk and graphite with traces of white chalk on light tan antique laid paper laid down on green card
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on off-white antique laid paper attached to a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrownish red and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: graphite
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor on white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchParchment covered album with 96 bird studies executed in black ink and watercolor on 83 leaves of off-white antique laid paper (43 x 34.5 cm.). Some drawings have been pasted into the album, others were drawn directly on the album leaves.
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and graphite over brown printing ink on white wove paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench