AT-00023364
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Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in an ornamental frame
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Johann Esaias Nilson (German, Augsburg 1721–1788 Augsburg)
- Date
- late 18th century
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, incised contour lines; verso reddened with chalk for transfer
- Dimensions
- sheet: 8 7/8 x 6 3/16 in. (22.5 x 15.7 cm)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawings
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2012
- Accession no.
- 2012.51
Provenance
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