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 center/ from 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)