Vignette, from "The Battle of Milvian"
Bernard Picart was a successful engraver active in France and the Netherlands. This drawing belongs to a group of studies he made after works by Charles Le Brun, the leading painter and coordinator of royal projects under Louis XIV. Rather than transcribe an entire composition, he used each sheet to study a vignette of a few figures.
Artwork Details
- Title: Vignette, from "The Battle of Milvian"
- Series/Portfolio: The Battle of Milvian
- Artist: Bernard Picart (French, Paris 1673–1733 Amsterdam)
- Artist: After Charles Le Brun (French, Paris 1619–1690 Paris)
- Date: early 18th century
- Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
- Dimensions: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 3 3/4 in. (13.7 × 9.5 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of Richard A. Berman, 2018
- Object Number: 2018.844.4
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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