18th century
Above, at the left, a monument is erected upon a supporting arch in a temple. Below, an ancient sacrificial scene in which a great crowd is gathered in front of a vast arcade; at the left near an altar a priest raises his weapon to sacrifice the maiden standing beside an altar.
irregular: 23.9 x 25.9 cm (9 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Maurice de Fleury. Richard Owen, Paris, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932
Watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk, traces of graphite, on two joined sheets of off-white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchVernet: Brown in on off-white modern laid paper. The acidic ink has eated into the paper (17.7 cm x 11.3 cm). Pujol: Brown ink on white wove paper laid down to the sheet with the Vernet caricature (5 cm x 6.2 cm).
18th-19th centuryFrenchPastel on paper, wrapped around and adhered to canvas
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink on antique (?) laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black and brown ink and brown wash
18th centuryFrenchRed and white chalk on cream antique laid paper laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk, stumped, on cream antique laid paper, laid down on card
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed chalk on faded blue antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, partially covered with blue papers
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, and white gouache over black chalk, on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, mounted
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk and charcoal, extensively stumped, with touches of red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrench