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The Palace of Circe

The Palace of Circe

Artist/Maker (French, 1686–1755)
Dateca. 1732
MediumBlack chalk and gray wash heightened with white on blue paper
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 12 9/16 × 21 3/16 in. (31.9 × 53.8 cm)
Credit LineMrs. F. F. Prentiss Fund
Object number1964.18
Status
Not on view
More Information
This is one of a series of drawings the artist made for a set of Beauvais tapestries with subjects from the Metamorphoses of Ovid. The prominent large animals, possibly meant to represent dogs or wolves, are a testament both to the artist's interest in depicting animals and also relate to the story of the sorceress Circe, who transformed the wandering Odysseus's companions into beasts.
Exhibition History
Treasures from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (July 21, 1966 - September 11, 1966 )
France in the Eighteenth Century
  • Royal Academy of Arts, London (January 6, 1968 - March 3, 1968 )
Working Drawings
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 24, 1981 - April 27, 1981 )
J. -B. Oudry 1686-1755
  • Réunion des musées nationaux, Palais du Louvre (October 1, 1982 - January 3, 1983 )
Eighteenth Century Prints and Drawings from the Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 29, 1989 - October 22, 1989 )
European Master Drawings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 29, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
On Line: European Drawings, 16th-19th Centuries
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 2007 - January 27, 2008 )
Collections
  • European
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