Rhea Outwitting Saturn
18th century
Medium
Red chalk on off-white laid paper, two sheets joined
Dimensions
13 1/16 x 10 3/8 in. (33.2 x 26.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Stephen A. Geiger, in memory of his mother, Mildred K. Geiger, 2003
Accession Number
2003.145
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...