Circle of François Perrier

Three Figures After Antiquity

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Catalogue Number:
16

Artist:
Circle of François Perrier (1584/90-1650)

Title:
Three Figures After Antiquity

Work Type:
Drawing

Date:
17th Century

Culture:
French

Medium:
Black and white chalks on gray-green paper, pasted on old blue paper mount

Dimensions:
6 3/4 X 9 13/16 in.

Inscriptions & Annotations:
Inscribed François Perrier (graphite) in the lower left/ JWR (ink in the lower right); Mount inscribed S. Bourdon (ink) in the lower right/ Perrier(graphite) at the centerfrom the Collection of the Marquis…(?) (graphite) at the lower right; Verso: Annotated 13 France / 12 / 38 (graphite)

Condition:
Clean, intact, stable

Credit Line:
Cornell College, Gift of Robert Sonnenschein II

Accession Year:
1951

Object Number:
1951.16

Commentary:
The earlier inscription – and the work of Perrier – suggest that an attribution to the circle of François Perrier might be appropriate. (Alasko)