Melancholia
A detailed and tightly executed red chalk copy after Domenico Fetti’s painting, La Melancholie, ca.1618, acquired in 1685 by Louis XIV and today in the musée du Louvre, Paris (Inv. 281). The drawing was presumably used by Thomassin as the model for his print (in reverse direction) for the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux [ . . . ] qui sont en France dans le Cabinet du Roi [ . . . ] & dans d’autres cabinets, Paris, 1763, vol.II, pl. CL.
Artwork Details
- Title: Melancholia
- Artist: Henri Simon Thomassin (French, Paris 1687–1741)
- Artist: After Domenico Fetti (Italian, Rome (?) 1591/92–1623 Venice)
- Date: ca. 1729–40
- Medium: Red chalk
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 1/2 in. × 10 in. (34.3 × 25.4 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of Richard A. Berman, 2016
- Object Number: 2016.586
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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