Homer in Athens

Blondel, Merry Joseph (1781-1853)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
ca. 1814
Height:
17.8 cm  (7 in.)
Width:
33.2 cm  (13 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
graphite and brown wash on cream wove paper

Description

This album leaf drawing depicts Homer, seated and playing a kithara, before a group of eight (possibly nine) individuals, two of whom are presenting him with laurel wreaths, one who holds a smaller kithara, one who possibly holds a small tambourine or frame drum.

People as subjects

Homer (active 8th or 9th century BCE)

Iconclass

98B(Homer)9
portrait of Homer
48C7522
one person playing string instrument (plucked)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940]
Frame drum [2598]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

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

RIdIM record id

5768