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Incident light photograph of red chalk drawing of three acanthus leaves and numerous pen testing marks on the back of the sheet arrow left swipe to the left arrow right swipe to the right
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Three acanthus leaves and pen testing marks

This torn scrap, evidently used as scratch paper, gives us a vivid impression of working practices in the workshop. The heavy strokes above the rapidly sketched acanthus leaves were made with the dull edge of the nub of chalk, probably to sharpen it to an optimal point. The fragment originally formed part of a larger drawing along with IX 5159-35-32-1v.

Artwork information

  • Artist

    Nicolas François Daniel Lhuillier (c. 1736–1793) or copy after Lhuillier (?), Group 6

  • Place and date

    Rome, probably between 1755 and 1768 (?)

  • Dimensions (sheet)

    158 x 193 mm

  • Inventory number

    IX 5159-35-30-3v

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