Modello for a Ceiling: Diana and the Dead Endymion, the Judgment of Paris, and the Death of Adonis

1640/1642 (?)

Nicolas Poussin

Associated Names
Nicolas Poussin

Artist, French, 1594 - 1665

This image shows mythological scenes. The drawing is divided into several sections, each filled with figures in dynamic poses from mythology. In the central portion, a group of figures is closely interacting, some standing and others seated. Surrounding this section are additional scenes with dynamic figures in motion. The drawing uses sepia tones and flowing lines, evoking classical mythology illustrations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32 x 31.5 cm (12 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1973.28.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rosenberg/Prat 1994, Vol. R, no. 1281, State (as not by Poussin)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William H. Schab, New York); purchased by NGA, 1973.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 53.

1985

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1985-1986.

1988

  • Poussin: The Early Years in Rome. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 1988, no. D75.

2023

  • Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

1974

  • Blunt, Anthony. "Newly Identified Drawings by Poussin and His Followers." Master Drawings 12(Autumn 1974): 248, note 48.

1988

  • Cropper, Elizabeth. "Fort Worth: Early Poussin." The Burlington Magazine 130 (December 1988): 961.

1989

  • Kemp, Wolfgang. "Teleologie der Malerei. Selbstporträt und Zukunftsrefelxion bei Poussin und Velásquez." In Der Künstler über sich in seinem Werk. Internationales Symposium der Bibliotheca Hertziana. Rome, 1989: 416, 432 (repro.).

1990

  • Goldfarb, Hilliard T. "Poussin: The Early Years in Rome." Master Drawings 28(Spring 1990): 93 (as circle of Domenichino).

1994

  • Rosenberg, Pierre, and Louis-Antoine Prat. Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665. Catalogue raisonné des dessins. Milan: Leonardo Editore, 1994.

Wikidata ID

Q64618497

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