Charles Monnet
1732-1809?
Anacréon
Pen and black ink with gray wash, on paper.
Image: 3 3/16 x 1 15/16 (82 x 50 mm); on sheet: 5 3/4 x 4 3/8 inches (147 x 111 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2128
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Inscription:
Drawing signed below in ink, "C. Monnet inv. del."; at upper left, in ink, "Anacréon".
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows the poet seated with his lyre with his arm held across his chest as Eros stands before him, brandishing an arrow.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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