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Still Life With a Manuscript Entitled "Alcoran"

Clément Pierre Marillier
1740-1808

Still Life With a Manuscript Entitled "Alcoran"

3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (90 x 90 mm)
Pen and ink with sepia wash over graphite, on paper.
2003.23:6

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
One of a set of six drawings by Marillier for vignettes to illustrate an unidentified publication.
Summary

Drawing for a vignette shows a still life consisting of a vase, carved wooden stand, oil lamp, seated statuette, manuscript of the "Alcoran", and a small cage of fowls.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography
Reproduced in: The art of the French illustrated book, 1700 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1982, p. 86.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department