Rocaille Cartouche with an Eagle

Pierre-Edme Babel

mid-18th century

Rocaille Cartouche with an Eagle by Pierre-Edme Babel

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|

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