Loading
Hymn to Venus
Louis-Félix Delaruec. 1760-65
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Louis Félix de La Rue came from a family of artists and was best known for creating designs for decorative arts, such as ceramics. This sheet—which features putti and bacchantes, the artist’s preferred subjects—likely served such a purpose, given its allover composition and focus on patterning and symmetry.
Show lessRead more
Download this artwork (provided by The Cleveland Museum of Art).
Learn more about this artwork.
Details
- Title: Hymn to Venus
- Creator: Louis Felix de la Rue (French, 1731-1765)
- Date Created: c. 1760-65
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 38.8 x 44.2 cm (15 1/4 x 17 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: (C. and J. Goodfriend, New York, NY), Muriel Butkin [1916-2008], Shaker Heights, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.253
- Medium: Pen and brown ink over red chalk (?) on antique laid paper
- Inscriptions: verso heavily inscribed in ink and pencil
- Fun Fact: The verso of this drawing is covered in the artist’s calculations and notations, suggesting that he reused a sheet found in his studio to create it.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France, 18th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Collection: DR - French
- Accession Number: 2019.253
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
