Hymn to Venus
Medium
Pen and brown ink over red chalk (?) on antique laid paper
Dimensions
{"sheet":{"height":0.388,"width":0.442}}
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Accession Number
2019.253
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.