Study of a woman (Clytia); preparatory study for ''Apollo and Clytia'', the ninth piece of tapestry from the series ''Les Amours des Dieux" (1747-1750), François Boucher (workshop of), c. 1740 - c. 1750

Title(s)

Study of a woman (Clytia); preparatory study for ''Apollo and Clytia'', the ninth piece of tapestry from the series ''Les Amours des Dieux" (1747-1750)

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-2002-7

Description

Voorstudie voor ''Apollo en Clytie'', het negende deel van de serie tapisserieën ''Les Amours des Dieux''

Artist

• draughtsman: François Boucher (workshop of)

Dating

c. 1740 - c. 1750

Material

• paper
• chalk

Measurements

height 416 mm × width 303 mm

What

• lying on one side, stretched out - AA - female human figure

Credit line

• Gift of the De la Fontaine Verwey-Stichting

Acquisition

gift 2002

Copyright

Public domain

• Van Watteau tot Ingres : 18de-eeuwse Franse tekeningen uit het Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Robert-Jan A. te Rijdt, Ger C.M. Luijten, Jan Frederik Heijbroek (1949), cat.nr. 41