Narcissus at the Spring

1620s

Laurent de La Hyre

Associated Names
Laurent de La Hyre

Artist, French, 1606 - 1656

This is a drawing of a reclining figure in a pastoral setting. The image depicts a figure lying down with one arm rested back on a grassy surface and the other arm holding a curved staff or shepherd's crook. The figure is surrounded by lush foliage, including tall trees and dense bushes, creating a feeling of a forest or garden area. In the foreground, a dog can be seen resting beside the figure. The style is characterized by intricate linework and hatching.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 7.5 x 10.6 cm (2 15/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 8.4 x 12.6 cm (3 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.157.24

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 21

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christie's, London, September 30, 1980, lot 79); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2003.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

  • "The Early Modern Painter-Etcher", Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, 2006, no. 26.

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe

1988

  • Rosenberg, Pierre, and Jacques Thuillier. Laurent de la Hyre, 1606 - 1656. Geneva, 1988.

Inscriptions

lower left in image: L. De la Hyre in. et Scul.; lower right in plate: Cum pr. regis.

Wikidata ID

Q76347209

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