Design for a Plate
ca. 1770–90
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
8 3/4 x 9 13/16 in. (22.3 x 25 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Raphael Esmerian, 1961
Accession Number
61.680.2(5)
Tags
About this artwork
Anonymous, French, 18th century's "Design for a Plate" (ca. 1770–90) The work, executed in black chalk, measures 8 3/4 x 9 13/16 in. and Prints served crucial roles in disseminating artistic ideas and images across geographic and social boundaries. This work provides valuable insights into Anonymous, French, 18th century's artistic practice and the broader cultural and material contexts of its creation.
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 18th century · 1700–1800
The artist known as Anonymous, French, 18th century, represents a collective of unidentified talents active roughly between 1700 and 1800, a period of profound artistic evolution in France from the opulent Rococo to the austere dawn of Neoclassicism and Revolutionary fervor. Little is documented about their personal training or mentors, as their anonymity obscures individual biographies, though th...