The Rape of Deianira

late 1670s?

François Verdier

Associated Names
François Verdier

Artist, French, 1651 - 1730

The image depicts a centaur capturing a woman while galloping, a man aiming a bow and arrow at the centaur, two figures seated and lying down, and an overturned vase. The background shows mountains, trees, and clouds in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk with gray wash on laid paper, mounted on album sheet

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 24.7 x 33.8 cm (9 3/4 x 13 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.35.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles Rogers, London (1711 - 1784) (Lugt 624). The Hon. Victor Saumarez (not in Lugt). (Katrin Bellinger at Colnaghi, London, 2005); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 37.

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 78-79, 279, no. 30 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right in brown ink: Verdier

Wikidata ID

Q64569769

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