Study for a Tailpiece

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Artist: Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (French, Valenciennes 1720–1778 Brussels)
Date: 1774
Medium: Red chalk
Dimensions: 3 1/4 x 4 9/16 in. (8.3 x 11.6 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1979
Accession no.: 1979.591.2

Cupids at War
Charles Eisen
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00002343
Madame de Maintenon Returning to the Catholic Church [2]
Charles Eisen
1700s · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00012369
Madame de Maintenon Returning to the Catholic Church [1]
Charles Eisen
1700s · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00012520
Putti with a Medallion
Charles Eisen
Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00014928

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.