Carl Ehrenswärd as Apollo, flying to inspect Sergel and Abilgaard

Johann Tobias Sergel Swedish

1797

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Title: Carl Ehrenswärd as Apollo, flying to inspect Sergel and Abilgaard
Artist: Johann Tobias Sergel (Swedish, Stockholm 1740–1814 Stockholm)
Date: 1797
Medium: Pen and brown and gray ink, brush and brown and gray wash, over traces of graphite.
Dimensions: 8 15/16 x 14 1/8 in. (22.7 x 35.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, The Isaacson-Draper Foundation Gift, 2000
Object Number: 2000.582
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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