Designs for Painted Panels, Claude-Louis Desrais, (French, 1746–1816), Pen and ink, brush and white gouache and sepia washes, black chalk on two pieces of off-white laid paper, joined, A candelabrum with two half figures carrying a vase upon which a fantastic bearded animal rests. Snakes growing from his head hold a censer upon which are two putti. Emerging from the wheel of fortune are two cornucopia with terrible and marvelous gifts. At top, a blindfolded nude woman with coins and a banner stands below a military trophy., France, 1788–90, ornament, Drawing

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