Frieze with Acanthus Scrolls and a Man (Hercules?) fighting a Lion
Object type: Drawing Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Jean Le Pautre
Artist bio: French, Paris 1618–1682 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: 17th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, on vellum, over traces of black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 3 1/16 x 9 3/4 in. (7.8 x 24.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Accession year: 1952
Tags: Acanthus|Men|Lions