An Elaborate Ceiling with Trellises and Seated Figures

Provenance

(C.G. Boerner, 1976); (Bernard Houthakker, Amsterdam (Lugt undesc), by 1989); purchased by NGA, 1996.

An Elaborate Ceiling with Trellises and Seated Figures

Bérain, Jean

c. 1700

Accession Number

1996.73.4

Medium

pen and brown ink over black chalk, squared in red chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 23.1 x 34.9 cm (9 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund