Designs for Ornamental Arabesque Motifs, Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin, French, 1735–1802, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown watercolor, graphite on paper, Top left, a mask of a human figure with horns from which are suspended tassels. Under it, a nude female figure seen frontally, seated on a sheet held in both hands, arms extended. Upper right, a motif showing a nude trumpeter standing on a rinceau, and beside him a putto astride a unicorn, and below, another putto carrying a banner. Center left, a winged herm supporting a shelf. Center, a winged terminal figure seen frontally.

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