Fifth Eclogue: A Shepherd Carving Verse on Daphnes' Funeral Mound (Le tombeau de Daphnis)

published 1926

Aristide Maillol

Associated Names
Aristide Maillol

Artist, French, 1861 - 1944

This is a drawing of a person etching words onto a surface. The scene depicts a person leaning over and inscribing text onto a rectangular surface. Surrounding the person are foliage that arches over the scene, with leaves creating a canopy effect above. The drawing is rendered in a single, flat orange hue, emphasizing line and form.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in red on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1980.45.1007

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Guérin 1965, no. 34, State only

  • Series Title

    Publius Vergilius Maro: Eclogae: p.48 [Guerin 1965 16-58]

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1951

  • Rewald 1951, no.27.

1982

  • Guerin, Marcel. Catalogue Raisonne de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie Aristide Maillol. Geneva: Pierre Cailler, 1965.

Wikidata ID

Q65565793

You may be interested in

Loading Results