Design for a theater costume

Design for a theater costume by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Medium

Graphite with paint on Bristol

Dimensions

sheet: 9 x 6 1/2 in. (22.9 x 16.5 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960

Accession Number

60.611.56

Tags

CostumesWomen

About the Artist

Anonymous, French, 19th century · 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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