Drawing for a Rocaille Escutcheon, François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Black and red crayon on paper, Vertical rectangle with the general outline of a harp, a bust of a girl and a shell are in the upper left corner. An upper field consists of a shell on a stalactite ground. A lower irregular field looks as if cut out. Reverse: three concentric circles., 1740–60, ornament, Drawing

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