Design for a Frieze with Putti and Garland (related to the Arc du Carrousel)

Design for a Frieze with Putti and Garland (related to the Arc du Carrousel) by Anonymous, French, 19th century|Pierre François Léonard Fontaine|Charles Percier

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

PuttiGarlands

About the Artist

Anonymous, French, 19th century|Pierre François Léonard Fontaine|Charles Percier · 18001900

**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...

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