Frieze with Acanthus Scrolls and a Man (Hercules?) fighting a Lion

Jean Le Pautre

17th century

Frieze with Acanthus Scrolls and a Man (Hercules?) fighting a Lion by Jean Le Pautre

Medium

Pen and brown ink, on vellum, over traces of black chalk

Dimensions

sheet: 3 1/16 x 9 3/4 in. (7.8 x 24.8 cm)

Classification

Drawings|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952

Accession Number

52.570.46

Tags

MenAcanthusLions

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