Fountain Surmounted by Three Nymphs
Medium
Red chalk on beige paper. An area has been re-drawn on a separate piece of paper, measuring 14.2 x 18.2 cm., and affixed at lower center, including the fountain base with dolphins.
Dimensions
5 9/16 x 7 3/16 in. (14.2 x 18.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1978
Accession Number
1978.27
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Edme Bouchardon · 1698–1762
Born 29 May 1698; died 27 July 1762. Bouchardon was a student of Guillaume Coustou, and won the prix de Rome in 1722. He spent ten years (1722-1732) in Rome, Italy working on various projects for Pope Clement XII. In 1732 Bouchardon was recalled to Paris and named sculptor to the king. Bouchardon became a professor at the Académie Royale in 1746. He worked on an equestrian monument of Louis XV, Ki...