Hymn to Venus
Medium
Pen and brown ink over red chalk (?) on antique laid paper
Dimensions
38.8 × 44.2 cm
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Accession Number
2019.253
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Louis Félix de La Rue came from a family of artists and was best known for creating designs for decorative arts, such as ceramics. This sheet—which features putti and bacchantes, the artist’s preferred subjects—likely served such a purpose, given its allover composition and focus on patterning and symmetry.