Rocaille Cartouche with an Eagle

mid-18th century

Pierre-Edme Babel

Artist, French, probably 1720 - 1775

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    2018.57.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center in graphite: Babel f.

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