Design for a Frieze with Putti and Garland (related to the Arc du Carrousel)
Medium
Pen and black ink over graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 7 3/8 x 24 1/16 in. (18.8 x 61.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of The Christian Humann Foundation, 2001
Accession Number
2001.753.3
Tags
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 19th century|Pierre François Léonard Fontaine|Charles Percier · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...