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.
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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
Keywords
GND terms
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