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Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in an ornamental frame
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Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in an ornamental frame

late 18th century

Medium

Pen and black ink, gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, incised contour lines; verso reddened with chalk for transfer

Dimensions

sheet: 8 7/8 x 6 3/16 in. (22.5 x 15.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2012

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Johann Esaias Nilson

1721–1788Germany

Comment on works: miniature