Two Satyrs Observing Two Sleeping Nymphs
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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