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  • image Adam vol.26/125

Reference number

Adam vol.26/125

Purpose

Record drawing of a rectangular, symmetrical panel showing acanthus foliage, with a rearing lion and putto on the right-hand side, and on the left-hand side two putti with deer, a lion and a bull. Part of anthemion border detail.

Aspect

Elevation

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1760 - 1763

Medium and dimensions

Red chalk182 x 577

Hand

Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (attributed to)

Notes

This drawing is similar to the compositions by Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (d.1793) in Adam vol.26/107 and 124; the former is very close to the group on the far left-hand side except that the putto here is wingless.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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