The sun and the moon dancing with two hours

Blondel, Merry Joseph (1781-1853)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
ca. 1814
Height:
17.8 cm  (7 in.)
Width:
26.4 cm  (10 3/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
graphite and brown wash on cream wove paper

Description

This album leaf drawing depicts four female figures holding hands and dancing a graceful circle dance; their headpieces identify them as representations of Greek personifications or goddesses of time.

Iconclass

23A
time
23R
day and night
43C94
group dancing

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Inscriptions and Marks from museum website:
Signed: in graphite at lower right: Blondel

RIdIM record id

5765