The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Carle (Charles André) Vanloo, ca. 1755

Artist

Carle (Charles André) Vanloo (French, Nice 1705–1765 Paris)

Date

ca. 1755

Culture or place

France

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, blue, red and pale yellow wash heightened with white, over traces of black chalk, on brown-washed paper. The sheet consists of fourteen pieces of cream-colored paper mounted on a paper support.

Size

28 1/8 x 35 3/8 in. (71.4 x 89.9 cm)

Type

Drawings

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed