DrawingsFrench18th century

Nymphs and Satyrs Before a Herm

1781

Artists

Jacques-Philippe CaresmeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and watercolor over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

17.4 x 24.5 cm (6 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Provenance

G. Mühlbacher, Paris; Joseph Bardac, Paris; M. Higgins, Paris; Therese Kuhn Straus, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1978, inv. no. 1978.37

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