Design for an Ornament Panel, Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, Pen and brown and black ink, black chalk, brush and yellow, pale green, gray, and brown washes on white laid paper, Within a rocaille cartouche frame is a sunburst surrounding a putto on the back of an eagle, wings outspread. The eagle rests on a cloud and holds a bolt of lightning with its right foot. Verso: fragment of geometrical accounting (in pencil) in 'p(ied)s' and 'po(uces).', 1733–34, ornament, Drawing

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