1761
At the top of the page is God the Father creating the sun and moon, copied from Michelangelo's fresco in the Sistine Chapel; at the bottom of the page is the Prophet Joel, also copied from the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel.
29.5 x 20.6 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
René Gimpel, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1928, inv. no. 1928.152
Brown ink on three cut and rejoined sheets of cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor with touches of graphite on cream paper, framing lines in black and brown ink
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18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on modern paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, gray ink and touches of brown wash over red chalk counterproof on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk with touches of white chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalks, and gouache on antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk with touches of red chalk and traces of white chalk, squared in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, decorated with dark blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and white gouache over black chalk on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on card and off-white paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrench