http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/browse?tags=434.1999&output=atom <![CDATA[Blanton Museum of Art Collections]]> 2024-03-28T10:43:47-05:00 Omeka http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/show/2800 <![CDATA[Two Putti for a Pilaster]]> In this study, two surprisingly muscular cherubs sit on a lion’s skin. Subtly modeled in red chalk, one cherub hangs a garland while the other gazes out at us, his finger up to his lips. The garland, lion’s skin, and cherubs’ physiques recall the story of Hercules. Ovid writes in the Metamorphoses that in preparation for his death “Hercules spread as quilt the lion’s skin, and used his club as pillow, and lay there, no more troubled than a feaster at a great banquet, garland-crowned.”

By the end of the fifteenth century, artists started drawing with red chalk by itself, exploring the range of a single color. The strong modeling and compact shallow space in this drawing suggest that it is a sketch for a decorative column.]]>
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Creator

Anonymous Parmese

Title

Two Putti for a Pilaster

Date Created

1520s

Spatial Coverage

20.64 cm x 13.02 cm (8 1/8 in. x 5 1/8 in.)

Identifier

434.1999

Medium

Red chalk with traces of white chalk on antique laid paper (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)

Description

In this study, two surprisingly muscular cherubs sit on a lion’s skin. Subtly modeled in red chalk, one cherub hangs a garland while the other gazes out at us, his finger up to his lips. The garland, lion’s skin, and cherubs’ physiques recall the story of Hercules. Ovid writes in the Metamorphoses that in preparation for his death “Hercules spread as quilt the lion’s skin, and used his club as pillow, and lay there, no more troubled than a feaster at a great banquet, garland-crowned.”

By the end of the fifteenth century, artists started drawing with red chalk by itself, exploring the range of a single color. The strong modeling and compact shallow space in this drawing suggest that it is a sketch for a decorative column.

Rights Holder

The Suida-Manning Collection

Date

16th century -

Type

drawing

Has Version

http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/plugins/Dropbox/files/object_images/ART New/434.1999.zif

Requires

16009
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