Artist: unidentified (French?)
Title: Study for an architectural sculpture
Date: XVIIIth-century?
School: French, XVIIIth-century (?)
Medium: graphite, ink and wash on laid paper
Dimensions: 225 x 131mm
Watermark: circle with indistinct interior mark (Italian?) see image below
Inscriptions/marks: on the mount lower right, blind stamp of Emile Mans (1896-1930), Parisian art mounter, Lugt L.878b. See image below
Condition: good condition. Hinged at the top left and right onto an 18th-century-style mount by Emile Mans.
Description: Study for an architectural sculpture. Standing draped figure flanked by garlands and satyr heads, supported on a pedestal by standing eagles flanking a medallion supported by cornucopias. Pedestal supports a blank inscription tablet.
Provenance: Dunbar Sloane, Wellington, 2021
