Apollo Bathing, Attended by the Nymphs of Thetis
17th century
Medium
Brush and gray wash, over red and black chalk. Squared for transfer in black chalk. Framing lines in pen and brown ink.
Dimensions
11 9/16 x 15 13/16 in. (29.3 x 40.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1965
Accession Number
65.125.1
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About the Artist
Charles Le Brun · 1619–1690
Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) was the most powerful artistic figure in seventeenth-century France, serving as the virtual dictator of official taste during the reign of Louis XIV and shaping the visual identity of the French Baroque in ways that resonated for generations. Born in Paris, he trained under the painter Simon Vouet before traveling to Rome in 1642, where he studied the works of Nicolas P...