Red chalk drawing of two classical urns on cream paper: a footed vase with scroll handles at left, a lyre-shaped urn on a patterned base at right.

Two Urns in Red Chalk

Two neoclassical urns are drawn in red chalk on cream paper. At left, a footed vase with scrolled handles and a masked relief sits on a tall pedestal; at right, a lyre-shaped vessel rests on a diamond-patterned base.

Artist: Jean-Robert Ango
Date: ca. 1759–70
Medium: Red chalk on paper
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 4000 × 2766 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1775).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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