Design for Neptune with an Oval Medallion
Medium
Pen and black ink with brush and gray wash
Dimensions
3 9/16 x 2 1/8 in. (9 x 5.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1965
Accession Number
65.717.2
Tags
MedallionsNeptuneHorses
About the Artist
Charles Percier · 1764–1838
Charles Percier (1764–1838) rose from humble origins in Paris, where his mother laundered for Marie-Antoinette and his father served as a porter at the Tuileries Palace, to become one of France's most influential neoclassical architects and designers. From age twelve, he attended a free drawing school for indigent students, honing his skills in the studio of painter Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée be...