An Antique Sacrificial Scene (recto); Sketch of a Group of People (verso)
Johann Eleazar SchenauWW-1779-319672
1779·Brush and gray ink, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink, not by the artist; verso: black chalk·sheet: 8 3/8 x 12 7/8 in. (21.2 x 32.7 cm)
Purchase, PECO Foundation Gift, 2011
Catalogue
- Year
- 1779
- Dimensions
- sheet: 8 3/8 x 12 7/8 in. (21.2 x 32.7 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Johann Eleazar Schenau
Artist
Johann Eleazar Schenau
Painting
Johann Eleazar Zeissig, also known as Schenau, was a German genre, portrait and porcelain painter, and engraver; director of the Royal Academy of Arts in Dresden.
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- Johann Eleazar Schenau
- Year
- 1779
- Dimensions
- sheet: 8 3/8 x 12 7/8 in. (21.2 x 32.7 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1779-319672
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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- Status
- verified