Study for a Mantel and Overmantel

A red and black chalk drawing of a rococo fireplace design, showing an overmantel framed by scrolling acanthus and rocaille ornament above a mantel shelf. Candle sconces rise at each side, and the legs of the mantel curve into carved volutes and figures on a pale ground.

Look closer: A small pale ornament with a scroll near the lower center of the drawing, almost lost in the paper.

Artist

Laurent Hubert

Date

ca. 1740–60

Medium

Red and black chalk

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2193 × 3914 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1970