Rocaille Cartouche with an Eagle
Pierre-Edme Babel
mid-18th century
Medium
gray wash with pen and brown ink and traces of graphite on laid paper, laid down on an old mount
Dimensions
sheet: 43.6 × 27.8 cm (17 3/16 × 10 15/16 in.) mount: 50.9 × 35.7 cm (20 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2018.57.3
About the Artist
Pierre-Edme Babel ( |French| | |French) · 1737 |1725 |1689 |1748 |1725 –1818 |1825 |1789 |1839 |1825
1737–1818| |died 1789|1748–?1839, master 1773, retired 1786|