Antique Drawing-NEOCLASSICAL-ORNAMENT-SPHINXES-PUTTI-Anonymous-c.1700

Medium: Pen and ink with wash and hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 11.2 x 36.2 cm (4.41 x 14.25 inch). Image size: 11.2 x 36.2 cm. (4.41 x 14.25 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Small tear at center backed. Remains of paper on rear from attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ORNAMENT DESIGN, NEOCLASSICAL DECORATION, SPHINX, PUTTI, GROTESQUE | PCO-E31-38

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Provenance: Collection mark at bottom right: A. Sigwalt (Lugt 175) (1875- ), a French architect and collector of ancient prints and ornaments, born in 1875. With auctions in Amsterdamm and Paris early 20th.c.