Study Revealing Anatomy to Medicine and Art

1786

Alexandre Briceau

Associated Names
Alexandre Briceau

Artist, French, active 1770 - after 1788

This is a painting featuring a group of allegorical figures set within an intricate and symbolic composition. Two winged figures are depicted holding an hourglass and a torch in the top portion. In the center, a figure plays a lyre with two cherubic figures nearby. Below, three figures stand on a platform with one partially unveiling a figure on a slab. The artwork includes an architectural background and additional observing figures. The color palette is muted yet rich.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wash manner, printed in green, red, blue, violet, yellow, brown, and orange inks

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Andrew and Pauline Robison

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed at or just within platemark): 51.4 x 35.6 cm (20 1/4 x 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.137.1

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 56.

Bibliography

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 56.

Wikidata ID

Q76335498

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