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unidentified (French, XVIIIth-century?)
Study for an architectural sculpture
French, XVIIIth-century (?)

    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