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Artist: Charles Pierre Joesph Normand (French, 1765 - 1840)
Title: Personification of the river.
Medium: Pen and ink on laid paper.
Sheet Size: Height 18 cm x Width 13 cm
Condition: Paper has overall even toning with edges cut close to the border, the condition is commensurate with age.
Provenance: Private Collection, Germany.
About: This delightful pen and ink drawing, after Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665), of a River God and mythological figures. This drawing depicts the personification of a river alive and conscious, enhancing themes of journey, exploration, and the river's unstoppable force.
This was probably drawn for the 18th-century publication Annales du Musée et de l'École moderne des beaux-arts, which served as a comprehensive resource on European art and artists before the 19th century. The drawing is unframed and in a new acid-free mat.
Artist: Charles Pierre Joesph Normand (French, 1765 - 1840)
Title: Personification of the river.
Medium: Pen and ink on laid paper.
Sheet Size: Height 18 cm x Width 13 cm
Condition: Paper has overall even toning with edges cut close to the border, the condition is commensurate with age.
Provenance: Private Collection, Germany.
About: This delightful pen and ink drawing, after Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665), of a River God and mythological figures. This drawing depicts the personification of a river alive and conscious, enhancing themes of journey, exploration, and the river's unstoppable force.
This was probably drawn for the 18th-century publication Annales du Musée et de l'École moderne des beaux-arts, which served as a comprehensive resource on European art and artists before the 19th century. The drawing is unframed and in a new acid-free mat.