Two Designs for Chinese Lanterns (recto); Design for a Neoclassical Tomb or Monument with Sphinxes (verso)

Q: When was "Two Designs for Chinese Lanterns (recto); Design for a Neoclassical Tomb or Monument with Sphinxes (verso)" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1768–90.

Q: Is "Two Designs for Chinese Lanterns (recto); Design for a Neoclassical Tomb or Monument with Sphinxes (verso)" in the public domain?

Yes, Two Designs for Chinese Lanterns (recto); Design for a Neoclassical Tomb or Monument with Sphinxes (verso) is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Anonymous, French, 18th century|Pierre Adrien Pâris

ca. 1768–90

Two Designs for Chinese Lanterns (recto); Design for a Neoclassical Tomb or Monument with Sphinxes (verso) by Anonymous, French, 18th century|Pierre Adrien Pâris

Medium

Graphite

Dimensions

Sheet (irregular): 4 13/16 × 7 5/16 in. (12.3 × 18.5 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of János Scholz, 1961

Accession Number

61.636.39

About the Artist

Anonymous, French, 18th century|Pierre Adrien Pâris · 1700–1800

The artist known as Anonymous, French, 18th century, represents a collective of unidentified talents active roughly between 1700 and 1800, a period of profound artistic evolution in France from the opulent Rococo to the austere dawn of Neoclassicism and Revolutionary fervor. Little is documented about their personal training or mentors, as their anonymity obscures individual biographies, though th...

Two Designs for Chinese Lanterns (recto); Design for a Neoclassical Tomb or Monument with Sphinxes (verso)

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