An Antique Sacrificial Scene (recto); Sketch of a Group of People (verso)

Johann Eleazar Zeissig, called Schenau German

1779 (?)

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Title: An Antique Sacrificial Scene (recto); Sketch of a Group of People (verso)
Artist: Johann Eleazar Zeissig, called Schenau (German, Grossschönau (Gross-Schönau) 1737–1806 Dresden)
Date: 1779 (?)
Medium: Brush and gray ink, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink, not by the artist; verso: black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/8 x 12 7/8 in. (21.2 x 32.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, PECO Foundation Gift, 2011
Object Number: 2011.251a, b
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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