Roman Subject

1700s

Philibert Benoît Delarue

Philibert Benoît Delarue (French, 1718–1780)

Drawings

Roman Subject, 1700s. Attributed to Philibert Benoît Delarue (French, 1718–1780). Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white gouache; framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 24.2 x 36.3 cm (9 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.); secondary support: 24.2 x 36.3 cm (9 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries 1939.656

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Delarue, Philibert Benoît
Classification: Drawing
Formatted Medium: pen and black ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white gouache; framing lines in brown ink
Medium: pen, black, ink, brush, brown, wash, over, chalk, heightened, white, gouache, framing, lines
Dimensions: Sheet: 24.2 x 36.3 cm (9 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.); Secondary Support: 24.2 x 36.3 cm (9 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: secondary support is a ledger with letterpress words indicating military personnel
Departments: Drawings
Accession Number: 1939.656
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hays Gries
Exhibitions: Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection, CMA, Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection (Aug. 7-Oct. 28, 1990).
Rights Statement: CC0