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
Red chalk on off-white antique laid paper, adhered to wove card, framing lines in graphite
18th centuryFrenchTracings, mostly in graphite, occasionally supplemented with gray wash, on cream antique laid paper
17th-18th centuryFrenchPen with black ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchBlack, red, and white chalk on tan antique laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk over counterproof (?) on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrenchBlack chalk on cream paper, laid down
18th-19th centuryFrenchRed and black chalk on cream paper
18th centuryFrenchBrown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
17th-18th centuryFrenchRed chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face
18th centuryFrenchBrown crayon on oiled beige antique laid paper, mounted on cream laid paper
18th centuryFrenchRed chalk with traces of graphite, and guidelines in red chalk and 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 centuryFrenchRed chalk and touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk, laid down on a decorated mount
18th centuryFrench