Lucretius presented to the Gods

Cochin, Charles-Nicolas, the younger (1715-1790)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
ca. 1754
Technique / Medium:
graphite with gray wash

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1942.9.1174]

Description

A god playing lyre in background. From album of preliminary drawings for "Titi Lucretii Cari"

People as subjects

Lucretius Carus, Titus (ca. 95-55 BCE)

Iconclass

48C91
writer, poet, author

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

4032