Design for a Decorated Wall with Grottesque over Blue Background

1762–1844

Current Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and orange-gold, black wash with white gouache over traces of leadpoint on blue prepared paper
Dimensions: 15.5 × 29 cm
Status: In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-551885

Provenance

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, June 1966

Registry history

1762–1844 — Recorded in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art — drawings

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