Ornament with Two Bull's Heads, Brush and Gray Wash
A grayscale wash drawing of a decorative ornament framed by two bulls' heads wearing garlands and draped fabric. Fruit, leaves and a vine-like branch fill the lower corners, and a central bunch of grapes hangs between the animals. Brush and ink create soft tonal shading across the sheet.
- Artist
- Jean-Charles Delafosse
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- Brush and black ink and gray wash, with traces of graphite (recto), and graphite (verso), on ivory laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1368 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1791).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of John Davidson