Venus and Psyche, study.
Title |
Venus and Psyche, study. |
Creator |
Raphael (Italian painter and draftsman, 1483-1520) |
Cultural Context |
Italian European Western European |
Style/Period |
Renaissance |
Subject |
Figure drawings Female figure drawings Chalk drawings Women Goddesses Fictitious characters Supernatural beings Myths Legends Nudes Bottles |
Description |
Red chalk, over stylus underdrawing (of Venus only). Paris, Louvre, 3875. |
People Pictured |
Venus (Roman deity) Psyche (Greek deity) |
Material |
Chalk Red chalk |
Measurements |
264 x 197 mm |
Technique |
Drawing (image-making) Hatching Cross-hatching |
Inscription |
Artist's initials, bottom left. |
Work Type |
Drawings Chalk drawings Figure drawings Female figure drawings Nudes (representations) |
Repository |
Musee du Louvre, Cabinet des Dessins (Paris, France) |
Source |
Ames-Lewis, Francis. The Draftsman Raphael. New Haven: Yale UP, 1986. (pl.XXII, p.115) |
Rights |
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Ames-Lewis courtesy: Paris, Musée du Louvre, Cabinet des Dessins. |
Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Digital File Name |
VRC 1269-11.jpg |
Rating |
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