Diana and Endymion

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 1720s

The drawing features two figures with their upper bodies in focus, and parts of their legs visible. One figure, a seated woman, leans towards the other figure, a reclining male resting with his head on a draped cloth. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Charles-Antoine Coypel ¹
Date: 1720s ¹
Medium: black chalk heightened with white and squared for transfer on brown paper ¹
Original: 7,410 × 4,500 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

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Close in palette, light and contrast · computed

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