Allegorical Figures for a Ceiling Decoration
Pierre Mignard |Michel Corneille the Elder
17th century · Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on beige paper. · Drawings and Prints
Trained in the studio of Simon Vouet (French, 1590–1649), Corneille the Elder was one of the twelve original members of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, founded in Paris in 1648. He painted commissions for churches and décors for private homes. Perched on ornamental elements and seen from below, these softly modeled, draped figures were likely intended as part of a ceiling design.
- Artist
- Pierre Mignard |Michel Corneille the Elder
- Date
- 17th century
- Medium
- Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on beige paper.
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Fletcher Fund, 1972
