Drawing, Ruin Fantasy, ca. 1762, Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, circa 1762

Statues and columns stand on the top of a city fountain in front of a ruined classical building. A colonade is visible in the background and in the left foreground, a overturned barrel is visible in the shadows. The sheet has additions at top and bottom, and along the left and right sides. Date: circa 1762. Dimensions: Overall sheet size with additions: 34.9 x 23.2 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.); Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.); ; Original Sheet size: 26.8 x 21.4 cm (10 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.). Medium: black chalk on cream laid paper, gray wash. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Ruin Fantasy, ca. 1762 (CH 18172445-2)