Design for a Torchère — Jean Jacques François Le Barbier | DiscoverArt

Jean Jacques François Le Barbier

Design for a Torchère

ca. 1770–90

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash. Framing lines in pen and brown ink with brush and green wash

47 × 31 cm (18.5 × 12.2 in)

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