Brackets, Caryatids and other Architectural Details (recto and verso)

A sheet of architectural studies in pen and brown ink with grey wash. Brackets, scrolled consoles, a caryatid figure, a bust on a pedestal and column fragments are arranged across the page. Light graphite traces suggest the underlying layout.

Look closer: A small seated lion sculpture on top of the left pedestal.

Artist

Gilles-Marie Oppenord

Date

ca. 1690–1710

Medium

Pen and black and dark brown ink, brush and dark brown and gray wash, over traces of graphite underdrawing

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2543 × 3877 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 1981