Title: Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in an ornamental frame
Object type: Drawing
Date: late 18th century
Artist:  Johann Esaias Nilson 
Artist bio: German, Augsburg 1721–1788 Augsburg
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and black ink, gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, incised contour lines; verso reddened with chalk for transfer
Dimensions: sheet: 8 7/8 x 6 3/16 in. (22.5 x 15.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2012
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Ornament, term: Queens, term: Portraits