Study for Pygmalion and Galatea
Summary
A male figure wearing a toga is stood to the right with his hands clasped to his chest. He is facing towards a life size female scultpure on a plinth festooned with laurels to the left. A female figure floating in mid air to the far left places one hand on the head of the sculpture. A winged cherub floats in the air to the right, pointing an arrow at the sculpture. This drawing is a study for the painting "Pygmalion and Galatea" (1979.546) by Louis Gauffier.
Object Name
Study for Pygmalion and Galatea
Creators Name
Date Created
about 1797
Dimensions
support: 18.1cm x 24.5cm
accession number
1979.619
Collection Group
Support
paper
Medium
chalk (black)
Credit
Gift of Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox Ltd., Oct 1979
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