Panel of Arabesques for the Hôtel de Salm, Paris, Jean-Guillaume Moitte, French, 1746–1810, Pen and black ink, brush and gouache, black chalk on toned paper, lined, Design for a wall panel. At the bottom, two satyrs sacrifice flowers at the foot of a burning candelabrum. The satyrs support, with their heads, two half female figures (half female and half flower stem). The figures hold a medallion with a maenad. A putto, supporting a vase, stands on top of the medallion. At the very to center of the composition are two billing doves and at the edges two putti. The putti hold festoons

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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