Three hours dancing

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 three female figures dancing and playing musical instruments (triangle, tambourine and an end-blown wind instrument (possibly an aulos or shawm)); their headpieces, and the work's title, identify them as representations of Greek Horae.

Iconclass

92D2
Hours (Horae), Seasons
43C94
group dancing
48C753
more than one musician with instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Triangle (with rings) (with beater and jingling rings)
Tambourine [2746]
Aulos [4173]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

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

RIdIM record id

5766