1761
At the top of the page is God the Father creating the sun and moon, copied from Michelangelo's fresco in the Sistine Chapel; at the bottom of the page is the Prophet Joel, also copied from the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel.
29.5 x 20.6 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
René Gimpel, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1928, inv. no. 1928.152
Modern wove paper printed in black ink, annotated in brown and black ink and graphite, attached to a sheet of antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchVerso: watercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack ink and gray wash over graphite on tracing paper mounted on white laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack chalk, stumped, with touches of white chalk on cream antique laid paper toned to light tan, framing lines in black ink
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink over red chalk on off-white antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchPen and black ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream wove paper, framing lines in black ink and graphite
18th-19th centuryFrenchBlack crayon and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, mounted on pale green laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on beige laid paper
18th-19th centuryFrenchGouache and watercolor on cream wove paper adhered to light tan wove paper
18th centuryFrench