Design for an Ornament Panel, Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, Pen and brown and black ink, black chalk, brush and yellow, pale green, gray, and brown washes on white laid paper, Within a rocaille cartouche frame is a sunburst surrounding a putto on the back of an eagle, wings outspread. The eagle rests on a cloud and holds a bolt of lightning with its right foot. Verso: fragment of geometrical accounting (in pencil) in 'p(ied)s' and 'po(uces).', 1733–34, ornament, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Ornament Panel, Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b, Italy, 1695–1750, Pen, brown, black ink, black chalk, brush, yellow, pale green, gray, brown washes, white laid paper, Within, rocaille cartouche frame, sunburst surrounding, putto, back, eagle, wings outspread, eagle rests, cloud, holds, bolt, lightning, right foot, Verso, fragment, geometrical accounting, pencil, 'p, ied, s', 'po, uces, 1733–34, ornament, Drawing, Drawing
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