Rocaille Cartouche with an Eagle

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Rocaille Cartouche with an Eagle

Babel, Pierre-Edme

mid-18th century

Accession Number

2018.57.3

Medium

gray wash with pen and brown ink and traces of graphite on laid paper, laid down on an old mount

Dimensions

sheet: 43.6 × 27.8 cm (17 3/16 × 10 15/16 in.) | mount: 50.9 × 35.7 cm (20 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund