Two long reliefs with classical subjects
Two long reliefs with classical subjects

Currently not on view

Two long reliefs with classical subjects,

18th century

possibly French
1997-556

Information

Title
Two long reliefs with classical subjects
Dates

18th century

Medium
Pen and dark ink, brown wash, over graphite
Dimensions
10.5 x 14.6 cm (4 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Emily Townsend Vermeule, honorary degree holder of the Class of 1989 and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III, in memory of Alphaeus Hyatt Mayor, Class of 1922, George Rodney Meneely, Class of 1933, and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule, Jr., Class of 1917
Object Number
1997-556
Culture
French
Type
drawings
Materials
graphite, laid paper, ink, wash
Subject
reliefs, figures (representations)

around 1960, purchased from a British lady through Donald Strong; Emily Townsend Vermeule and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III; Gift to the Princeton University Art Museum

Sheet from a sketchbook

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