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Drawing, A Bacchanalian Revel

This is a Drawing. It was created by Henri Antoine de Favanne. It is dated ca. 1746 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and brown ink, charcoal, brush and gray wash on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

24 × 37.4 cm (9 7/16 × 14 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and brown ink: "Defavanne"

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Bacchanalian Revel; Henri Antoine de Favanne (French, born England, 1668 - 1752); France; pen and brown ink, charcoal, brush and gray wash on laid paper; 24 × 37.4 cm (9 7/16 × 14 3/4 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-261

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