Isidore Pils
1813-1875
Study for Minerva
20 5/8 x 16 1/2 inches (522 x 419 mm)
Black and white chalk, some stumping, with touches of pinkish-brown chalk, on blue paper.
1993.4
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Carl Stern.
Notes
This sheet is a preparatory study for the figure of Minerva in "Minerve combattant la force brutale devant l'Olympe réuni", which is one of the four mural paintings executed by Pils for the ceiling of the grand stairhall of Paris Opéra.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered in blue chalk along upper left edge, "517"; atelier blind stamp, at lower right, "I. PILS" (Lugt 2030).
Associated names
Stern, Anne Bigelow, donor.
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Century Drawings
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