Design for a Cartouche Surmounted by a Lion's Head in Scrollwork Suspending Swags of Fruit and Leaves
Carlo Bianconi
1732–1802
Medium
Black chalk and leadpoint
Dimensions
8 7/8 x 6 7/16 in. (22.5 x 16.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1968
Accession Number
68.774.1
Tags
CartouchesFruitLeavesLions
About the Artist
Carlo Bianconi · 1732–1802
Italian scholar and archivist; first secretary of the Reale accademia di Brera. Comment on works: painter; sculptor