An Allegory of Lyric Poetry
Medium
Black chalk and stumping, heightened with white chalk; squared in black chalk
Dimensions
8 1/4 × 13 1/4 in. (21 × 33.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Stephen A. Geiger Gift, 2022
Accession Number
2022.19
Art Historical Context
**An Allegory of Lyric Poetry (1811) is a delicate preparatory drawing by French artists Gabrielle Capet and François André Vincent, capturing the neoclassical spirit of early 19th-century France. Capet, a skilled pupil of influential masters like Vincent and Jacques-Louis David, specialized in portraits and allegorical works, while Vincent was a prominent neoclassicist known for his elegant history paintings. Created amid the Napoleonic era's cultural revival, this piece personifies lyric poetry—a classical theme evoking inspiration, emotion, and the muses—reflecting the era's admiration for ...
About the Artist
Marie Gabrielle Capet|François André Vincent (French|French) · 1749 |1761 –1803 |1818
French, Paris 1749–1803 Paris|French, Lyons 1761–1818 Paris