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Drawing, Figures near a Ruined Colonnade

This is a Drawing. It was created by Charles-Louis Clérisseau. It is dated 1761 and we acquired it in 1978. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and brown and gray wash, white gouache on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Howard J. Sachs and Peter G. Sachs. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs and Mr. Peter G. Sachs in memory of Miss Edith L. Sachs.

Its dimensions are

32.5 x 27.5 cm (12 13/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

It is signed

Lower right in pen and brown ink: Clerisseau fe/1761

Cite this object as

Drawing, Figures near a Ruined Colonnade; Charles-Louis Clérisseau (French, 1721 – 1820); France; pen and black ink, brush and brown and gray wash, white gouache on off-white laid paper; 32.5 x 27.5 cm (12 13/16 x 10 13/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs and Mr. Peter G. Sachs in memory of Miss Edith L. Sachs; 1978-168-42

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Excavating Design: 18th-century Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection.

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