Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565–1617, French, active in Britain
Title:
Leda and the Swan
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash, graphite, gouache, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 3/8 inches (16.5 × 21.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount in graphite, lower right: "4499 and L.R.: 4499/ Isaac/ Oliver/ Ex. Coll./ Sir T. Lawrence"; inscribed in pen and black ink on mount lower center: "The man from whom/ bought this, said that he cut the mount because there was an old inscription upon it, "J Olliver", which he/ thought would be detrimental to the drawing - T. E. Lowinsky -"; on verso in graphite, upper center: "4499/ Isaac. Oliver"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6042
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
lust | putti | curtain | woman | swan | religious and mythological subject | nudes
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
Publications:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)