Study for Vignette in Jean François Marmontel's "Contes Moraux"

pen and ink drawingsdrawings (visual works)

Date

c. 1765

Medium

Pen and black ink with brush and gray wash, over black chalk, on gray laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

13.1 × 8.2 cm (5 3/16 × 3 1/4 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Clarence Buckingham Collection

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