DrawingsFrench17th-18th century

Album of Tracings after the "Segmenta"

17th-18th century

Artists

François PerrierArtist

Description

Album of tracings after François Perrier's "Segmenta" of 1638 containing eighty-two drawings on forty-one folios (two on each page-- one page cut in half and inserted loose (not bound).

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Tracings, mostly in graphite, occasionally supplemented with gray wash, on cream antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

39 x 27 cm (15 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)

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