Six Illustrations for Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'

Details

• Title

  Six Illustrations for Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'

• Artist/maker

  François Chauveau (1613 - 1676)

• Associated place

  Europe › France › Northern France (place of creation)

• Date

  1673 - 1674

• Material and technique

  pen and grey ink with grey wash over red chalk on laid paper

• Object type

  visual representation › drawing;

  visual representation › drawing › print study;

  visual representation › book-illustration

• Dimensions

  sheet 15.2 x 27 cm (height x width)
  each image 7.3 x 8.6 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1863.21

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