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
Brown and black ink, gray and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on off-white antique laid paper, laid down
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper; verso: red chalk
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor and black ink over traces of graphite on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and brown chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue paper adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchWatercolor, touches of white gouache, red and black chalk, gray wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack and red chalk with traces of white chalk on tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink and black chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchBrown and white chalk on light brown antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchGraphite on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchMarble paper-covered boards and black leather spine; thirty pages of off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on off-white antique laid paper
18th centuryFrench