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
Brown crayon on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk counterproof on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on brown card
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, black ink, brown wash, white gouache, watercolor, and traces of graphite on toned cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and brown ink and gray wash, over red chalk, on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchTwo tones of red chalk heightened with white chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing lines in red chalk
18th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso covered with red chalk
18th centuryFrench?