Mercury presenting the lyre to Apollo; verso: study for a muse

Champaigne, Jean-Baptiste de (1631-1681)

Vouet, Simon (1590-1649) (formerly attributed to)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

ca. 1673

Height:

28.0 cm  (11 in.)

Width:

27.3 cm  (10 3/4 in.)

image shape irregular

Technique / Medium:

black chalk, brown ink, and gray wash on light-tan antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk; verso: black chalk

Additional titles

Description

Mercury presenting a lyre to Apollo is depicted at the top of this drawing; the scene below includes other mythological figures, some with musical instruments: viola da gamba with bow, transverse flute, and herald trumpet.

Iconclass

92B552
Mercury gives his lyre to Apollo

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Viola da gamba [3604]
Transverse flute [4093] (left-handed (reverse) playing position)
End-blown trumpet [6556] (herald style; partially obscured)
Lyre [3501]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Inscription: old mount, verso, brown ink, in the hand of the Marquis de Chennevières-Pointel: 573 École de Simon Vouet. Apollon prenant sa lyre des mains de Mércure / au-dessous les muses groupées sur le Parnasse / beau projet de plafond je le crois d’un élève de S. Vouet de quelque Dorigny. Acheté rue des Petits-Augustins, au coin de la rue des Beaux-Arts, chez un brocanteur qui a occupé / temporairement la maison où est établi aujourd’hui une libraire d’archéologie et d’architecture / Ph. de Ch.

RIdIM record id

5845