Neptune Standing on a Chariot (Ceiling design)

mid-17th–late 17th century

Medium/Technique Pen and brown ink, heightened with white gouache, on brown antique laid paper, laid down on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions Sheet: 28.8 x 40.7 cm (11 5/16 x 16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Azita Bina-Seibel and Elmar W. Seibel

Accession Number1996.453

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsDrawings

DescriptionDesign for a ceiling.

Marks verso inscribed No 63 June 2282 (ink)

ProvenanceRichard Johnson (d. 1877, Manchester, Lugt 2216) and Sir John Thornhill (b. 1676); Sotheby's, 14 January 1992, lot 154; Azita Bina-Seibel and Elmar W. Seibel, Boston; by whom given to the MFA, Boston (Accession date: January 22, 1997)