DrawingsGerman18th century

Agathon and Psyche, from "Geschichte des Agathon"

c. 1772

Artists

Johann Heinrich MeilArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and gray wash, with some incising, on cream antique laid paper, verso covered with red chalk

Culture

German

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

9.4 x 5.4 cm (3 11/16 x 2 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Ferdinand Ebner, Augsbourg. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892

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