Apollo

comte de Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières Caylus after Edme Bouchardon

Associated Names
comte de Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières Caylus

Artist, French, 1692 - 1765

Edme Bouchardon

Artist After, French, 1698 - 1762

This is a drawing of a winged figure standing on a cloud holding a staff. The figure is nude with one arm crossing their body and the other raised to touch their hair. The figure has one foot balanced on a cloud. Beside the figure are a staff, a bow, and a lyre on the ground. In the background is an oval frame with detailed hatching for depth. The figure's gaze is towards a floating emblem resembling a hand or flame in a circle. The drawing is intricately detailed with fine lines as seen in engraving.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.7 x 16 cm (7 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 26.2 x 21.4 cm (10 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.30.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1700), no. 54

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1930

  • Inventaire du Fonds Français, Graveurs du XIIIe siècle. Paris, 1930 - 1977.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: bouchardon Invenit; lower right in plate: C.S.

Wikidata ID

Q75430655

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