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‘Marius at Minturnae’ by Jean-Germain Drouais: a classical source and the sublime
05/2011 | 1298 | 153
Pages: 314-317
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Author:
Magreta, Todd (Magreta, Todd)
Subjects
artists:
Drouais, Jean-Germain
dates:
1780-1789
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
print:
Drouais, Jean-Germain
subjects:
Collections, Public / French painting / Roman iconography / Iconography / Visual sources
subjects:
Classical
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Marius at Minturnae, by Jean-Germain Drouais. 1786. Canvas, 271 by 365 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Attributed works:
21. Study for Marius at Minturnae, by Jean-Germain Drouais. 1785/86. Pen and black ink with grey wash and traces of lead pencil, 18.5 by 25.6 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille).
Attributed works:
23. Demosthenes, by Jean-Germain Drouais. 1784/86. Grey wash over graphite, 17.1 by 7.5 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes).
Western art unattributed:
19. Detail of Fig.22.
Western art unattributed:
22. Demosthenes. Roman copy after a Greek original by Polyeuktos of 280 BC. Marble, 207 cm. high. (Braccio Nuovo, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City).