What medium is "Neptune and other Marine Deities Paying Homage to Louis XIV"?

Neptune and other Marine Deities Paying Homage to Louis XIV is Pen and brown ink, gray ink and gray wash, heightened with a little white, over red chalk.

Is "Neptune and other Marine Deities Paying Homage to Louis XIV" in the public domain?

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Neptune and other Marine Deities Paying Homage to Louis XIV

Michel Corneille the Younger|Michel Corneille the Elder

n.d.

Medium

Pen and brown ink, gray ink and gray wash, heightened with a little white, over red chalk

Dimensions

6 1/4 x 7 15/16 in. (15.8 x 20.1 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1973

Accession Number

1973.306

Tags

Louis XIVMenNeptune

Art Historical Context

In this intricate drawing, *Neptune and Other Marine Deities Paying Homage to XIV*, attributed to Michel Corneille Younger or his father, Michel Corneille the Elder the mighty sea god Neptune leads a procession of mythical marine figures in reverence to France's Sun King. Created in the lavish era of Louis XIV's absolute monarchy (r. 1643–1715), the composition exemplifies the era's artistic flattery, portraying the monarch as a divine ruler worthy of godly adoration. Such imagery celebrated Louis's naval ambitions and grandeur, evoking the opulent decorations of Versailles or Fontainebleau. ...

Neptune and other Marine Deities Paying Homage to Louis XIV

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