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
Black chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown wash over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBrown ink, gray wash, white gouache on tan paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and touches of gouache over graphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack crayon on off-white antique laid paper, mounted on pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk over traces of graphite, with guidelines in graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk with gray wash on tan antique laid paper, laid down on a decorated mount
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown wash and black chalk, with traces of red chalk, on cream antique laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack and gray wash over black chalk on cream wove paper, laid down on off-white wove paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrench